{"id":13495,"date":"2012-05-14T19:12:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T18:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=13495"},"modified":"2012-05-14T19:11:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T18:11:28","slug":"sixteen-early-games-this-working-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=13495","title":{"rendered":"Sixteen early games this working week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We’ve got an impressive 16 MLB games that start before midnight UK time this working week.<\/p>\n

Monday is the only day of the week that doesn’t offer any evening baseball for Brits, perhaps offering sports fans the chance to pause for breath after the sensational climax to the Premier League season on Sunday before getting back to the drama and excitement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

It’s rare for there to be any early games on Tuesday, but there are six on that day this week. They include a Stephen Strasburg start in Washington, a Cliff Lee start in Philadelphia and the fried chicken eating, beer swigging, golf-club swinging Josh Beckett looking to avoid the boo birds in Boston against the Mariners.<\/p>\n

After a Dodgers-Padres game that just dips into the pre-midnight bracket on Wednesday, we have eight true early games on Thursday. The scheduled pitching match-ups in the games between the Reds and Mets, A’s and Rangers, and Cardinals and Giants catch the eye on that day.<\/p>\n

Friday brings the start of Interleague play and the first Windy City series of the season at Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n

All times are in BST.<\/p>\n

Monday 14 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

No early games.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 15 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

18.05. San Diego at Washington (Bass – Strasburg)
\n18.05. Houston at Philadelphia (Harrell – Lee)
\n18.10. Cleveland at Minnesota (Lowe – Marquis)
\n18.45. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (Garza – Lohse)
\n19.10. Detroit at Chicago White Sox (Scherzer – Peavy) *MLB.com Free Game of the Day<\/strong>
\n21.05. Seattle at Boston (Beaven – Beckett)<\/p>\n

Wednesday 16 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

23.35. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego (Capuano – Richard)<\/p>\n

Thursday 17 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

17.05. Seattle at Cleveland (Noesi – McAllister)
\n18.05. Minnesota at Detroit (Walters – Fister) *ESPN\u00c2\u00a0America<\/strong>
\n18.10. Cincinnati at New York Mets (Latos – Dickey)
\n19.05. Oakland at Texas (McCarthy – Harrison)
\n19.10. Baltimore at Kansas City (Matusz – Hochevar) \u00c2\u00a0*MLB.com Free Game of the Day<\/strong>
\n20.10. Arizona at Colorado (Cahill – Nicasio)
\n20.35. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels (Stults – Wilson)
\n20.45. St. Louis at San Francisco (Wainwright – Cain) *ESPN America<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 18 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

19.20. Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs (Humber – Samardzija) *ESPN America<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of these games are available to watch live via the <\/em>MLB.TV subscription<\/em> at <\/em>MLB.com<\/em><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN\/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s MLB games can be found on <\/em>MLB.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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