It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a glorious day in the UK, perfect for the NBL Summer Classic in Hertfordshire, and what better way to finish it off by taking in a live MLB game this evening.\u00c2\u00a0 There are five to choose from, all listed below with times in BST.<\/p>\n
18.07. NY Yankees at Toronto (Andy Pettitte – Ricky Romero)<\/strong><\/p>\n You really can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say (or write) enough about Andy Pettitte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s season so far.\u00c2\u00a0 The 38 year old is 7-1 with a 2.48 ERA through his first ten starts and he has been the Yankees\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 most consistent starter.\u00c2\u00a0 Ricky Romero was just ten years old when Pettitte made his Major League debut in 1995 and this is his second season in the Majors compared to his opponent\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sixteenth.\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not to play down the Blue Jays\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 chances though. Romero has pitched extremely well this season, pitching his second complete game of 2010 last time out against the Orioles, while the Blue Jays are surprising many with their competitive play this year, as shown by their 6-2 win over the Yankees last night.<\/p>\n 21.10. LA Angels at Seattle (Ervin Santana – Ryan Rowland-Smith)<\/strong><\/p>\n The Angels won the opening game of this series yesterday by a score of 7-1, ending a much-needed three-game winning streak for the M\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the few positives of Seattle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s season so far has been the form of starter Doug Fister, so it sums up their luck that he is now dealing with right shoulder soreness.\u00c2\u00a0 The Aussie Ryan Rowland-Smith (\u00e2\u20ac\u02dchyphen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to M\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fans) had pitched his way out of the rotation, but he gets another shot in a spot start to cover for Fister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s absence.<\/p>\n 21.10. Florida at NY Mets (Nate Robertson – Jon Niese)<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mets are scheduled to bring Niese off the Disabled List to make the start today against the Marlins.\u00c2\u00a0 Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey continued his good form with the Mets yesterday, helping the team to a 4-3 win in the series opener.\u00c2\u00a0 Citi Field is becoming a very homely home for New York as their win last night improved their home record to 20-9, compared to 8-18 on the road.<\/p>\n 21.10. Milwaukee at St. Louis (Chris Narveson – Adam Ottavino)<\/strong><\/p>\n Adam Wainwright was brilliant against the Brewers yesterday as the Cards cruised to an 8-0 win in the series opener.\u00c2\u00a0 While St. Louis are receiving excellent performances from their top three starters (Wainwright, Chris Carpenter and Jaime Garcia), the back of their rotation is in flux with both Kyle Lohse and Brad Penny on the shelf.\u00c2\u00a0 Adam Ottavino is the latest person to try to fill the gap.\u00c2\u00a0 Narveson pitches against his former club for Milwaukee, who have now lost five of their last six games.<\/p>\n 21.10. Tampa Bay at Texas (James Shields – Tommy Hunter) * ESPN America<\/strong><\/p>\n The Rangers took a win from the best team in baseball last night as Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton both went deep in a 9-6 victory.\u00c2\u00a0 This was always set to be an interesting series, pitting a team with an excellent road record (Rays now 21-8) against a team with a strong home record (19-9).\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBig Game\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 James Shields had his worst start of the season last time out against the White Sox and will be determined to bounce back in style.\u00c2\u00a0 Hunter makes his first start of the season after beginning the year on the DL.<\/p>\n All the above games can be followed via various resources on MLB.com (Gameday, At Bat with Gameday Audio and MLB.tv), while\u00c2\u00a0ESPN America is broadcasting the\u00c2\u00a0Rays-Rangers game live from 21.00, followed by Padres-Phillies at midnight.<\/em> A complete schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a glorious day in the UK, perfect for the NBL Summer Classic in Hertfordshire, and what better way to finish it off by taking in a live MLB game this evening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[82,25,106,34,70,125,121,553,66,108,98,127,119,102,126,103],"class_list":["post-8131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb-2","tag-bst-guide","tag-espn-america","tag-florida-marlins","tag-gameday","tag-gamedayaudio","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb-2","tag-mlb-tv","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-texas-rangers","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8131"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8175,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8131\/revisions\/8175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}