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ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball team to call the Boston Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners March 28 and Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies on March 31
20 ESPN MLB commentators contributing to 10+ hours of Opening Day coverage
Opening Week Schedule (all times Eastern)
| Date | Time | Matchups/Commentators | Network |
| Thurs, Mar 28 | 1 p.m. | Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees- Telecast Presented by ebay Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez, Tim Kurkjian |
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| 4 p.m. | Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers – Telecast Presented by ebay Jon Sciambi, David Ross, Rick Sutcliffe |
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| 7 p.m. | Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners- Telecast Presented by ebay Matt Vasgersian, Jessica Mendoza, Alex Rodriguez, Buster Olney |
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| Sun, Mar 31 | 4 p.m. | Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers- Telecast Presented by ebay Keith Olbermann, Eduardo Perez, Tim Kurkjian |
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| 7 p.m. | Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies- Telecast Presented by Taco Bell Matt Vasgersian, Jessica Mendoza, Alex Rodriguez, Buster Olney |
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| Mon, Apr 1 | 1 p.m. | St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates- Telecast Presented by ebay Dan Shulman, Rick Sutcliffe |
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| 4 p.m. | Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians – Telecast Presented by USAA Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson |
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| 7 p.m. | Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves- Telecast Presented by USAA Jon Sciambi, David Ross, Tim Kurkjian |
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| 10 p.m. | San Fransisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers – Telecast Presented by USAA Dave Flemming, Eduardo Perez |
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| Wed, Apr 3 | 7:20 p.m. | Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves- Telecast Presented by Hankook Tire Jon Sciambi, David Ross, Tim Kurkjian |
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ESPN launches its 30th regular season of MLB on Thursday, March 28 with three games on ESPN and over 10 games on the network across opening week. The World Series Champion Boston Red Sox will have multiple appearances on ESPN, including Opening Night in Seattle, called by the Sunday Night Baseball crew, and the team’s World Series banner raising ceremony April 9.
Baseball Tonight
Baseball Tonight will start the season on the road at Yankee Stadium as the New York Yankees host the Baltimore Orioles on Opening Day. Keith Olbermann will host the show with analyst Mark Teixeira at noon, leading into the game at 1:00 p.m. on ESPN.
April 9, the show will travel to Boston for the unveiling of the Red Sox 2018 World Series banner raising ceremony. Kevin Connors and Mark Teixeira will host the show, airing at 1:00 from Fenway Park, leading into the Red Sox game vs. the Toronto Blue Jays at 2:00 p.m. on ESPN.
SportsCenter
Leading up to Opening Day, SportsCenter is airing video vignettes surrounding the start of the season. March 25, Senior writer Buster Olney highlighted potential stars to watch this season. March 26, reporter Tim Kurkjian will recognize the most memorable first pitches, and March 27 Kurkjian will walk through the best stories for Opening Day.
All ESPN game and studio programming is also available streaming on the ESPN App.
ESPN.com
ESPN.com has an array of features through the week, including Alden Gonzalez’s look at Mike Trout’s big goal for 2019, David Schoenfield’s preview of the most exciting themes and teams of the 2019 season, and Jeff Passan answering the question, “What is baseball in 2019?”
Opening Day, ESPN.com will have reporters all over the nation at games.
| ESPN.com Reporters | Game |
| Coley Harvey | Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees |
| Eddie Matz | New York Mets at Washington Nationals |
| Bradford Doolittle | St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers |
| Sal Palantonio, Jeff Passan | Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies |
| Alden Gonzalez | Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Jesse Rogers | Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers |
| Pedro Gomez | San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres |
| *ESPN games in italics |
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio has a three-game slate across opening week, starting with the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners on Opening Day. Play-by-play analyst Roxy Bernstein will call the game beside analyst Chris Singleton. Singleton continues opening week by calling the Atlanta Braves-Philadelphia Phillies game with Jon Sciambi as well as the Chicago Cubs-Atlanta Braves game with Adam Amin.
ESPN+
ESPN+ will offer more than 180 MLB regular season games this season, beginning Opening Day with Bryce Harper’s debut with the Philadelphia Phillies at 3:00 p.m.
In addition to the over 180 games available as part of an ESPN+ subscription, fans will be able to purchase and watch MLB.TV from ESPN+. MLB.TV offers hundreds of out-of-market MLB games throughout the season. It is sold separately for a one-time additional cost of $118.99 (full season) or $24.99 (monthly).
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