Friday night produced a whole host of storylines in MLB: walk-off wins, a weird triple play and injuries, to name a few.
The drama is sure to continue this weekend and there is a great selection of games taking place at a convenient time for us in the U.K.
MLB.TV subscribers may be grateful to have the multi-game Mosaic feature on Saturday as there are strong pitching match-ups everywhere you look.
ESPN America will concentrate on Braves-Nationals and Tigers-A’s. The latter game sees Oakland attempting to win their tenth consecutive game, although their 2012 ALDS nemesis Justin Verlander will be on the mound hoping to thwart them again.
Among the most recognisable names, Matt Harvey should not be overlooked. The Mets’ young starter has been outstanding in his first two starts of the season against the Padres and Phillies respectively.
On Sunday, ESPN America brings us a Rays-Red Sox clash and then a game between the Rockies and Padres. The latter may not have been the game picked by many wanting a headline-grabbing contest, but it’s refreshing to see two of the less-favoured teams getting an outing on ESPN America early in the season.
All times are in BST.
Saturday 13 April
18.05. Tampa Bay at Boston (Price – Lester)
18.05. San Francisco at Chicago Cubs (Bumgarner – Samardzija)
18.05. Atlanta at Washington (Hudson – Strasburg) *ESPN America
21.05. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland (Sale – McAllister)
21.05. Baltimore at NY Yankees (Hammel – Hughes)
21.05. Detroit at Oakland (Verlander – Anderson) *ESPN America
21.10. NY Mets at Minnesota (Harvey – Diamond)
21.15. Milwaukee at St. Louis (Gallardo – Wainwright)
Sunday 14 April
18.05. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland (Peavy – Myers)
18.10. Philadelphia at Miami (Halladay – Slowey)
18.35. Tampa Bay at Boston (Cobb – Buchholz) *ESPN America
18.35. Atlanta at Washington (Maholm – Gonzalez)
18.35. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh   (Latos – Irwin)
19.10. Toronto at Kansas City (Morrow – Santana)
19.10. NY Mets at Minnesota (Gee – Correia)
19.15. Milwaukee at St. Louis (Estrada – Garcia) *MLB.com Free Game of the Day
19.20. San Francisco at Chicago Cubs (Lincecum – Jackson)
20.35. Houston at LA Angels (Humber – Wilson)
21.05. Detroit at Oakland (Sanchez – Parker)
21.10. Texas at Seattle (Tepesch – Maurer)
21.10. Colorado at San Diego (De La Rosa – Richard) *ESPN America
21.10. LA Dodgers at Arizona (Beckett – Cahill)
01.00 a.m. Baltimore at NY Yankees (Chen – Kuroda)
All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com. The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website. BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com
