There are MLB games to enjoy live during the British evening on four days out of five this working week.
Tuesdays rarely offer day-games but we’ve got one this week and it’s a game from the classic NL Central rivalry between the Cardinals and Cubs. Chicago will also bring the working week to a close – and start off the weekend in style – by hosting their cross-town rivals at Wrigley Field.
Wednesday’s four early games are capped off by one for Belle and Sebastian fans as the spirit of ‘Piazza New York Catcher’ takes hold. “San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will play”, as the band sang.
Thursday, partly due to my own bias, is something of an Oakland evening. Not only are the A’s getting the action started with their series finale against the Yankees, but ex-A’s Jeff Samardzija and Joe Blanton are scheduled to pitch in the other two early games.
All times are in BST
Monday 6 July
No early games
Tuesday 7 July
18.20. St Louis at Chicago Cubs (Lyons – Arrieta) *BT Sport/ESPN
Wednesday 8 July
18.10. Baltimore at Minnesota (Jimenez – Milone) *BT Sport/ESPN
19.10. Atlanta at Milwaukee (Teheran – Fiers)
20.40. Detroit at Seattle (Sanchez – Happ)
20.45. NY Mets at San Francisco (deGrom – Peavy) *BT Sport 2
Thursday 9 July
18.05. Oakland at NY Yankees (Kazmir – Tanaka) *BT Sport/ESPN
19.10. Toronto at Chicago White Sox (Dickey – Samardzija) *MLB.com Free Game
19.10. Tampa Bay at Kansas City (Karns – Blanton)
Friday 10 July
21.05. Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs (Rodon – Hendricks) *BT Sport/ESPN
All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription. TV coverage of MLB comes courtesy of the BT Sport and ESPN channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com.