The working week starts off slowly for us Brits looking to catch some live baseball during evening time over here, but it ends with a host of games on Friday. All times are listed in BST.
Monday 30th – No early games today. Later on there’s a Joba start against the Rangers from 00.05 and then five minutes later it’s a battle from the top of the AL East, as Justin Masterson and the Red Sox face James Shields and the Rays.
Tuesday 1st – We draw a blank again. There are several interesting pitching match-ups later on: Zach Duke versus Edinson Volquez (00.10), Clayton Kershaw versus Wandy Rodriguez (01.05), Cliff Lee versus John Danks (01.11), Rich Harden versus Ervin Santana (03.05), Jesse Litsch versus Felix Hernandez (03.10), and Jason Marquis versus Matt Cain (03.15).
Wednesday 2nd – Our live early evening baseball this week begins today with three contests to enjoy. At 17.10, the Nationals face the Marlins with Odalis Perez and Ricky Nolasco scheduled to start. At 18.10, the Tigers take on the Twins. At 20.35, the A’s play the Angels with Dana Evelend and Joe Saunders taking the mound.
Thursday 3rd – Normally we can count on Thursday to bring us a decent group of games to choice from, but we only have two today. At least they should both be worth watching. First up we have a game between the Dodgers and the Astros from Minute Maid Park, with first pitch set for 19.05. The second game begins at 20.40 and Chase Field is the setting. Brandon Webb looks for win number 13 on the season as the D-Backs take on Manny Parra and the Brewers.
Friday 4th – If Thursday was something of a disappointment, Friday will more than make up for it. The fourth of July is, of course, Independence Day in the States and us Brits should enjoy watching America’s National Pastime on the holiday celebrating America declaring its independence from us! There are seven early(ish) games: the Red Sox versus the Yankees (18.05 – Beckett vs Rasner), the Nationals versus the Reds (18.15 – Bergmann vs Arroyo), the Pirates versus the Brewers (19.05 – Gorzelanny vs Sheets), the Dodgers versus the Giants (21.05 - Lowe vs Sanchez), the Tigers versus the Mariners (21.10 – Rogers vs Bedard), the Rangers versus the Orioles (21.35 – Padilla vs Guthrie), and the Royals versus the Rays (22.10 – Bannister vs Jackson).Â
The Wednesday night game on Five begins at 01.45, while NASN’s MLB schedule for the week can be found here.
