Live baseball over the next three days

As promised, here is an abbreviated guide to this week’s abbrevaited MLB schedule.  All times are listed in BST.

Thursday 17th – No early games today and only four later on.  Johan Santana versus Johnny Cueto should be worth watching though, with first pitch set for ten past midnight.

Friday 18th – No early games again, but there are several interesting match-ups in the early hours of Saturday morning.  From the NL East we have the Phillies against the Marlins with Jamie Moyer and Ricky Nolasco taking the mound from 00.10.  At the same time we have a clash from the AL East, with A.J. Burnett and the Blue Jays facing James Shields and the Rays.  The top two teams in the NL West begin a three game weekend series at 02.40 as the Dodgers travel to Arizona to face the D-Backs.  The Red Sox and the Angels begin their series with Clay Buchholz scheduled to compete against John Lackey (first pitch 03.05), while CC Sabathia makes his third start in a Brewers uniform against Matt Cain and the Giants at AT&T Park (03.15).

Saturday 19th – While we’re looking ahead, we may as well take a quick glimpse at the six early games being played on Saturday.  We start with the A’s against the Yankees at 18.05, where Sean Gallagher and Joba Chamberlain should be starting.  There are four games beginning at 20.55, with the pick of the crop probably being Josh Beckett and the Red Sox against Joe Saunders and the Angels.  Elsewhere, the Indians take on the Mariners, the Phillies face the Marlins, and the Padres play against the Cardinals.  Ten minutes later, the Brewers and the Giants start their game with the NL All Star starter Ben Sheets and Jonathan Sanchez taking the mound.  And if those six don’t whet your appetite, at 23.10 it’s the Blue Jays against the Rays with the exciting prospect of Roy Halladay squaring off against Scott Kazmir EDIT: Due to Kazmir’s All Star exertions, Matt Garza gets the start instead.

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