While the Phillies and the Brewers fill the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball slot, which once again gives way to the NHL playoffs on ESPN America, the rest of the teams are playing during the daytime in the States.  That leaves us with an impressive selection of Sunday evening games to enjoy from the UK.

The top pitching match-up of the evening sees Cliff Lee making his fourth start for Seattle as the M’s face Matt Garza and the Rays.  Haren-Hudson is a good looking match-up between two former A’s and another ex-Oakland man Barry Zito looks to rebound from his first loss of the season in a home game against the Astros.

The Tigers are due to call up Armando Galarraga from Triple-A to make the start against John Lackey and the Red Sox.  Detroit got a twelve-inning win last night thanks to a bases loaded walk-off walk that tied the series 1-1.  Sergio Mitre will make another spot start for the Yankees, while Jeff Francis may make his long awaited return from Tommy John surgery.  He is listed as the Rockies’ probable pitcher, although that hasn’t been officially confirmed at time of writing.

Finally, spare a thought for the Orioles’ Daniel Hernandez. MLB.com notes that he has lost eleven decisions in a row.  In his attempt to break that sequence, what Hernandez needed was a rousing Baltimore win yesterday to get everyone in a positive mood.  Instead the O’s turned a 2-0 eighth inning lead into a heavy loss by conceding eight runs in the top of the ninth.  Good luck Daniel!

All times are in BST.

18.05. Boston at Detroit (John Lackey – Armando Galarraga)
18.05. Minnesota at NY Yankees (Nick Blackburn – Sergio Mitre)
18.07. Texas at Toronto (Colby Lewis – Brandon Morrow)
18.10. St. Louis at Cincinnati (Brad Penny – Bronson Arroyo)
18.10. NY Mets at Florida (Jon Niese – Ricky Nolasco)
18.35. Cleveland at Baltimore (Jake Westbrook – Daniel Hernandez)
18.35. Arizona at Atlanta (Dan Haren – Tim Hudson)
18.40. Seattle at Tampa Bay (Cliff Lee – Matt Garza)
19.10. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City (Gavin Floyd – Brian Bannister)
19.20. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs (Ross Ohlendorf – Ted Lilly)
20.10. Washington at Colorado (Scott Olsen – Jeff Francis)
20.35. Oakland at LA Angels (Trevor Cahill – Joel Pineiro)
21.05. LA Dodgers at San Diego (Chad Billingsley – Wade LeBlanc)
21.05. Houston at San Francisco (Brett Myers – Barry Zito)

All the above games can be followed via various resources on MLB.com (Gameday, At Bat with Gameday Audio and MLB.tv).  ESPN America is focusing on the NHL playoffs. A complete schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com