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Avoiding England friendlies – Live early games this week

by Matt Smith

There are eleven early games this week, with British fans only drawing a blank on Tuesday.  All times are listed in BST.

Monday 26 – It’s Memorial Day in the States, so there are more early games than normal for a Monday.  The first of five early games starts at 17.37 in Toronto as the Blue Jays face the Royals.  There’s a great pitching match-up in prospect from 18.00 as Brandon Web and Jair Jurrjens take the mound for the D-Backs and the Braves respectively.  Thirty-five minutes later, Ben Sheets and the Brewers start their game against the Nationals, while Darrell Rasner looks to continue his excellent rookie season with the Yankees as they take on the Orioles.  Finally, Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers start their game against the Cubs at 19.20, with Ryan Dempster being the scheduled starter for the home team.

Tuesday 27 – No early games today, but plenty of exciting pitchers are in action later on, not least at Chase Field where Tim Lincecum and Dan Haren lock horns from 02.40.  Elsewhere, Andrew Miller looks to build on his outstanding start last time out against the D-Backs as the Marlins face the Mets from 00.10, Johnny Cueto takes the mound against the Pirates (also 00.10) and Daisuke Matsuzaka aims to improve his record to 9-0 in Boston’s game against the struggling Mariners (03.10).

Wednesday 28 – Many sports fans in England will be watching a game being played in America today.  Unfortunately for them, most will be enjoying (or should that be enduring) an England football friendly against the U.S. national team.  I’m sure it will be a thriller [EDIT: Yes, it shows how much attention I’m paying that I didn’t know the game is actually being played at Wembley!  I’ll stand by my comment about it being a snorefest though].  Those of you not interested in being bored to death can watch a couple of ballgames earlier on in the evening.  The White Sox face the Indians at Jacobs Progressive Field from 17.05 with Jake Westbrook currently scheduled to make his return from the DL against Gavin Floyd.  At 17.40, the Rangers take on the Rays at Tropicana Field.  Kason Gabbard and Matt Garza are set to start.

Thursday 29 – Three early games today.  The Braves and the Brewers kick things off with their game starting at 18.05.  A few hours later (20.35) it’s the Nationals versus the Padres and the Blue Jays against the A’s.  The latter should be a good pitching duel between Jesse Litsch and Dana Eveland.

Friday 30 – A day game from Wrigley Field to end the working week/start the weekend on a positive note.  The Cubs face the Rockies with first pitch set for 19.20.  Aaron Cook and Ted Lilly are the scheduled starters.

Five will be broadcasting game three of the Stanley Cup on Wednesday night instead of the normal mid-week MLB game.  NASN’s MLB schedule for the week can be found here.

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