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MLB Network Announces Live Game Schedule Through June 30

Posted by on May 22, 2012 13:55

This in from MLB Network, we have the live game schedule from June 4 through June 30. The schedule includes 15 Interleague games.

Among the highlights are Bob Costas and Jim Kaat calling games on consecutive days in New York, first the Tampa Bay Rays at the Yankees on Thursday, June 7 and then the Mets and Yankees on Friday, June 8.

MLB Network also announces that its live daytime show, The Rundown, co-hosted by Matt Yallof and Lauren Shehadi will begin an hour earlier at 2 p.m. ET starting on Tuesday, May 29. It had previously started at 3 p.m.

The rest of the programming schedule remains the same, The Abortion Known as Intentional Talk at 5 p.m. ET, then MLB Tonight at 6 p.m. and Quick Pitch.

Here’s the press release from MLB Network.

15 INTERLEAGUE PLAY MATCHUPS FEATURED IN MLB NETWORK’S LIVE GAME SCHEDULE THROUGH JUNE 30

Bob Costas & Jim Kaat and Matt Vasgersian & John Smoltz to call MLB Network Showcase Games Featuring Nationals, Rays, Marlins, Rangers, Yankees and Mets
The Rundown to Air Live One Hour Earlier at 2:00 p.m. ET Starting Tuesday, May 29

Secaucus, N.J., May 22, 2012 – Fifteen Interleague Play matchups will be featured during MLB Network’s live game schedule from Monday, June 4 through Saturday, June 30, including games with every division leader in action.

The schedule features Bob Costas and Jim Kaat calling MLB Network Showcase games on consecutive days, starting with an AL East showdown between the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees on Thursday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m. ET live from Yankee Stadium, followed by the New York Mets, who are led by David Wright’s MLB-leading .415 batting average, visiting Derek Jeter, who has a .381 lifetime average against the Mets, and the crosstown rivals Yankees on Friday, June 8 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

The action continues when Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals host the Yankees on Friday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m. ET with Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz calling the game. Costas and Kaat will call Interleague Play at Fenway Park when the Boston Red Sox match up against the Miami Marlins, who hold the NL’s best all-time Interleague record at 137-118 (.537), on Thursday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. ET. Led by outfielder Josh Hamilton’s 18 home runs and 47 RBI’S, the Texas Rangers will take on the Detroit Tigers’ powerful combination of Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera on Tuesday, June 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET with Vasgersian and Smoltz calling the game live from Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Sam Ryan will report from three of the five MLB Network Showcase games, with Tom Verducci serving as the on-field reporter on June 7 and June 21.

The remainder of the schedule features the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Tuesday, June 12 at 10:00 p.m. ET, plus four Saturday afternoon games, including the Kansas City Royals battling the NL Central first-place St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, June 23 at 1:00 p.m. ET. During the last week of June, MLB Network will feature the AL Central first-place Cleveland Indians visiting the AL East first-place Baltimore Orioles on Friday, June 29 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

As previously announced, the MLB Network Showcase schedule will feature a rematch of the 2011 NLDS between the Phillies and Cardinals this Thursday, May 24 at 8:00 p.m. ET with Costas and Verducci calling the game live from Busch Stadium. The start of Memorial Day weekend will feature the Tigers hosting the Yankees on Friday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m. ET with Costas and Smoltz in the broadcast booth at Comerica Park.

Starting Tuesday, May 29th, MLB Network’s live weekday studio programming will begin one hour earlier as The Rundown, hosted by Matt Yallof and Lauren Shehadi, moves to 2:00 p.m. ET, followed by Intentional Talk with Chris Rose and Kevin Millar at 5:00 p.m. ET. The Emmy Award-winning studio show MLB Tonight and Quick Pitch, MLB Network’s regular season highlights show of record, will continue to air seven days per week.

MLB Network’s complete game schedule for the remainder of May is available here. Games will be blacked out in each team’s home television territory unless otherwise announced. Viewers in areas subject to blackouts will be provided with an alternate game telecast or other programming.

MLB NETWORK LIVE GAME SCHEDULE FOR JUNE

Game Date Time (ET) Primary Alternate
Fri., June 1 7:00 p.m. Yankees @ Tigers*
Booth: Costas & Smoltz		 Boston Red Sox
@ Toronto Blue Jays
Sat., June 2 1:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox
@ Toronto Blue Jays		 Oakland Athletics
@ Kansas City Royals (2 p.m.)
10:00 p.m. Texas Rangers
@ L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Mon., June 4 1:00 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals
@ New York Mets
Tues., June 5 7:00 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers
@ Philadelphia Phillies		 Tampa Bay Rays
@ New York Yankees
Thurs., June 7 1:00 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers
@ Philadelphia Phillies		 New York Mets
@ Washington Nationals
7:00 p.m. Rays @ Yankees*
Booth: Costas & Kaat		 Baltimore Orioles
@ Boston Red Sox
Fri., June 8 7:00 p.m. Mets @ Yankees*
Booth: Costas & Kaat		 Detroit Tigers
@ Cincinnati Reds
Sat., June 9 4:00 p.m. Washington Nationals
@ Boston Red Sox		 Texas Rangers
@ San Francisco Giants
10:00 p.m. Oakland Athletics
@ Arizona D-backs
Tues., June 12 7:00 p.m. New York Yankees
@ Atlanta Braves		 Boston Red Sox
@ Miami Marlins
10:00 p.m. L.A. Angels of Anaheim
@ Los Angeles Dodgers		 Houston Astros
@ San Francisco Giants
Thurs., June 14 8:00 p.m. Arizona D-backs
@ Texas Rangers		 Chicago White Sox
@ St. Louis Cardinals
Fri., June 15 2:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox
@ Chicago Cubs
7:00 p.m. Yankees @ Nationals*
Booth: Vasgersian & Smoltz		 Colorado Rockies
@ Detroit Tigers
Sat., June 16 1:00 p.m. New York Yankees
@ Washington Nationals		 Philadelphia Phillies
@ Toronto Blue Jays
10:00 p.m. Chicago White Sox
@ Los Angeles Dodgers		 San Francisco Giants
@ Seattle Mariners
Tues., June 19 7:00 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals
@ Detroit Tigers		 Atlanta Braves
@ New York Yankees
Wed., June 20 1:00 p.m. Atlanta Braves
@ New York Yankees		 Toronto Blue Jays
@ Milwaukee Brewers (2 p.m.)
Thurs., June 21 7:00 p.m. Marlins @ Red Sox*
Booth: Costas & Kaat		 Colorado Rockies
@ Philadelphia Phillies
Fri., June 22 7:00 p.m. Atlanta Braves
@ Boston Red Sox		 New York Yankees
@ New York Mets
Sat., June 23 2:00 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals
@ Kansas City Royals		 Toronto Blue Jays
@ Miami Marlins (1 p.m.)
10:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs
@ Arizona D-backs		 Seattle Mariners
@ San Diego Padres
Tues., June 26 8:00 p.m. Tigers @ Rangers*
Booth: Vasgersian & Smoltz		 Chicago White Sox
@ Minnesota Twins
Wed., June 27 1:00 p.m. Cleveland Indians
@ New York Yankees		 Brewers @ Reds (12:30 p.m.)
Available in Reds market
Thurs., June 28 7:00 p.m. Detroit Tigers
@ Tampa Bay Rays		 Arizona D-backs
@ Atlanta Braves
Fri., June 29 7:00 p.m. Cleveland Indians
@ Baltimore Orioles		 Chicago White Sox
@ New York Yankees
Sat., June 30 1:00 p.m. Chicago White Sox
@ New York Yankees		 Royals @ Twins
Available in Twins market
10:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox
@ Seattle Mariners

Games subject to local blackout unless otherwise announced.
* Denotes an MLB Network-produced game.

That’s it.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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