For the first time this season, Joe Buck will not work a Fox Saturday Baseball telecast meaning he’ll have worked four out of five possible weeks for the MLB on Fox.
Instead, Matt Vasgersian leaves the Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show studios at MLB Network headquarters in New Jersey and join Tim McCarver in Detroit for an American League Central Division rivalry game between the Chicago White Sox and the Tigers live from Comerica Park.
Other games include the Arizona Diamondbacks at the New York Mets with Kenny Albert on the call working for his third broadcast entity this week (MSG Radio, NBC Sports Group and Fox) and Milwaukee at San Francisco.
Fox Saturday Baseball returns to its normal timeslot of 4 p.m. ET with a pregame hour filled by MLB Network. With Matt Vasgersian out of the MLB Network studios, it means the raspy-voiced Greg Amsinger will be the host on Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame.
Your Fox press release.
FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES
FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week: White Sox/Tigers; Diamondbacks/Mets; Brewers/Giants Saturday at 3:30 PM ET
MLB ON FOX RETURNS FOR DAY BASEBALL – Week Five of the FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK rolls into Detroit on Saturday, May 5 (3:30 PM ET) as Paul Konerko and the White Sox battle the Tigers and the hard-hitting duo of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. This week, Matt Vasgersian relinquishes his FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL PREGAME SHOW to call the action from Comerica Park alongside analyst Tim McCarver. In New York, David Wright and the surprising Mets host the Diamondbacks, who are led by powerful hitter Justin Upton. Out west, Madison Bumgarner is scheduled to take the hill for the Giants as they look to slow down, the suddenly hot bat of the Brewers’ Ryan Braun.
Coverage begins with the FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL PREGAME SHOW, a full 30-minute program, originating live from MLB Network’s state-of-the-art Studio 3 in Secaucus, NJ. The show is hosted by MLB Network studio host Greg Amsinger, who is joined by analysts Harold Reynolds and Kevin Millar.
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Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers, Matt Vasgersian & Tim McCarver, going to 41% of USA
Comerica Park – Detroit, MI
MARKETS INCLUDE: Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Fort Myers, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Louisville, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Providence, Richmond, San Antonio, Seattle, Tampa, Tulsa
Probable Pitchers: Gavin Floyd, RHP (2-3, 3.13 ERA) vs. Max Scherzer, RHP (1-3, 7.77 ERA)Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets, Kenny Albert, Eric Karros & Ken Rosenthal, going to 23% of USA
Citi Field – Flushing, NY
MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Birmingham, Buffalo, Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Miami, New York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Washington, West Palm Beach
Probable Pitchers: Patrick Corbin, LHP (1-0, 4.76 ERA) vs. Johan Santana, LHP (0-2, 2.25 ERA)Milwaukee Brewers at San Francisco Giants, Dave Flemming & Bill Schroeder, going to 23% of USA
AT&T Park – San Francisco, CA
MARKETS INCLUDE: Cincinnati, Dayton, Denver, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis
Probable Pitchers: Randy Wolf, LHP (2-2, 6.84 ERA) vs. Madison Bumgarner, LHP (4-1, 2.53 ERA)MOROSI: BAUTISTA IS GETTING HIS SWING BACK AND THINKS PUJOLS WILL TOO – In 2012, two of the most dangerous right-handed bats in baseball have struggled mightily; Jose Bautista and Albert Pujols. FOX Sports.com MLB writer Jon Paul Morosi spoke with Bautista and his struggles and those of Pujols. “It was by geographic happenstance that I spoke with Albert Pujols and Jose Bautista, both stricken with the April malaise, during the same four-day period,” Morosi writes. “Of the two, Bautista provided a more lucid account of his symptoms and the possible remedies for his affliction. Perhaps not surprisingly, he’s been the first to show signs of recovery. By that, I mean Bautista belted a home run Tuesday that on an open-roof night could have landed on a runway at Pearson Airport.”
To read more from Morosi click here: http://on-msn.com/IJzDT5
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