{"id":17882,"date":"2014-03-31T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T23:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=17882"},"modified":"2014-03-30T20:15:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T19:15:56","slug":"early-mlb-games-opening-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=17882","title":{"rendered":"Early MLB games: Opening Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CovMLBUK2014\"<\/a>As the new season begins, so does my weekly round-up of the games scheduled to begin before midnight U.K. time.<\/p>\n

For the initiated, every Monday I put together a list of the ‘early’ games for the coming working week. The idea is that these pre-midnight games are the easiest for us to watch live from the U.K. and therefore knowing who is playing and when helps you to keep up with the jam-packed season.<\/p>\n

All times are listed in BST with a note to show if the game is going to be broadcast on U.K. TV (normally meaning ESPN, although BT Sport do show the occasional post-midnight game). Additionally every day MLB.com selects one game that will be available to watch for free via their online MLB.TV service and this indicated on the list as well (if it is one of the early games).<\/p>\n

All games are available to either watch online with an MLB.TV subscription, or you can listen to them via the MLB At-Bat app and MLB.com’s Gameday Audio service. Full details on the 2014 MLB.TV subscription packages can be found here<\/a>. Sadly it looks like there isn’t going to be any BBC Radio coverage this season.<\/p>\n

As it’s Opening Week, there is a bumper crop of day-games taking place in the States, making them pre-midnight starts for us in the U.K.<\/p>\n

Monday 31 March<\/h2>\n

18:00 Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh – Samardzija vs Liriano *ESPN<\/strong>
\n18:08 Kansas City at Detroit – Shields vs Verlander *MLB.com Free Game<\/strong>
\n18:10 Washington at NY Mets – Strasburg vs Gee
\n19:05 Philadelphia at Texas – Lee vs Scheppers
\n19:10 Atlanta at Milwaukee – Teheran vs Gallardo
\n20:00 Boston at Baltimore – Lester vs Tillman
\n21:00 St. Louis at Cincinnati – Wainwright vs Cueto\u00c2\u00a0*ESPN<\/strong>
\n21:10 Minnesota at Chicago White Sox – Nolasco vs Sale
\n21:10 Toronto at Tampa Bay – Dickey vs Price<\/p>\n

Tuesday 1 April<\/h2>\n

23:40 LA Dodgers at San Diego – Greinke vs Kennedy\u00c2\u00a0*MLB.com Free Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday 2 April<\/h2>\n

18:08 Kansas City at Detroit – Vargas vs Scherzer
\n18:10 Atlanta at Milwaukee – Harang vs Peralta\u00c2\u00a0*MLB.com Free Game,\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>ESPN
\n<\/strong><\/strong>19:10 Minnesota at Chicago White Sox – Correia vs Paulino
\n20:35 Cleveland at Oakland – McAllister vs Chavez<\/p>\n

Thursday 3 April<\/h2>\n

17:35 St. Louis at Cincinnati – Lynn vs Bailey\u00c2\u00a0*MLB.com Free Game<\/strong>
\n17:35 Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh – Hammel vs Rodriguez
\n17:40 Colorado at Miami – Nicasio vs Turner
\n18:08 Kansas City at Detroit – Ventura vs Sanchez
\n18:10 Washington at NY Mets – Zimmermann vs Wheeler\u00c2\u00a0*ESPN<\/strong>
\n19:10 Minnesota at Chicago White Sox – Hughes vs Quintana
\n20:40 San Francisco at Arizona – Lincecum vs Arroyo\u00c2\u00a0*ESPN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 4 April<\/h2>\n

18:05 Atlanta at Washington – TBA vs Roark
\n18:08 Baltimore at Detroit – Gonzalez vs Porcello
\n19:05 Milwaukee at Boston – Garza vs Peavy
\n19:20 Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs – Hernandez vs Wood
\n20:05 Minnesota at Cleveland – Pelfrey vs Salazar
\n21:10 Chicago White Sox at Kansas City – Johnson vs Guthrie
\n21:10 San Francisco at LA Dodgers – Vogelsong vs TBA
\n21:10 Arizona at Colorado – Delgado vs Morales<\/p>\n

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All of these games are available to watch live via the\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>MLB.TV subscription<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0at\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>MLB.com<\/em><\/a>. The early games being shown on ESPN are highlighted above. The complete schedule for this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s MLB games can be found on\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>MLB.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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