It’s a quick turnaround. Saturday night begins the American League Championship Series between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, long-time rivals dating back to the early days of the AL. Now they’ll meet the in ALCS starting at 8:07 p.m. on Saturday.
TBS will be the network offering full coverage of the ALCS from start to finish. The ALCS is slated to have two afternoon games, one on Sunday for Game 2 and the other for Game 5 if necessary on Thursday.
Ernie Johnson, Jr., John Smoltz and Ron Darling will call the games. Matt Winer, Cal Ripken, Jr., Dennis Eckersley and David Wells will be in the TBS studios in Atlanta.
Here are details from TBS for the ALCS starting Saturday night.
TBS’ Exclusive Coverage of the American League Championship Series Begins Saturday, Oct. 13
TBS’s exclusive MLB Postseason coverage will continue with the American League Championship Series beginning Saturday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. ET. Ernie Johnson will call the best-of-seven ALCS with analysts John Smoltz and Ron Darling and reporter Craig Sager.
The network’s coverage will begin with the MLB On-Deck pre-game show, with host Matt Winer and analysts Cal Ripken, Jr., Dennis Eckersley and David Wells, at 7:30 p.m. The studio team will return for the Inside MLB post-game show with a complete recap following each game telecast.
ALCS on TBS Telecast Schedule
(All Times Eastern)
Date Time (ET) Series Saturday, Oct. 13 7:30 p.m. MLB On-Deck 8 p.m. ALCS Game 1: Detroit at New York 11:30 p.m. Inside MLB Sunday, Oct. 14 3:30 p.m. MLB On-Deck 4 p.m. ALCS Game 2: Detroit at New York 7:30 p.m. Inside MLB Tuesday, Oct. 16 7:30 p.m. MLB On-Deck 8 p.m. ALCS Game 3: New York at Detroit 11:30 p.m. Inside MLB Wednesday, Oct. 17 7:30 p.m. MLB On-Deck 8 p.m. ALCS Game 4: New York at Detroit 11:30 p.m. Inside MLB Thursday, Oct. 18 3:30 p.m. MLB On-Deck 4 p.m.* ALCS Game 5: New York at Detroit 7:30 p.m. Inside MLB Saturday, Oct. 20 7:30 p.m. MLB On-Deck 8 p.m.* ALCS Game 6: Detroit at New York 11:30 p.m. Inside MLB Sunday, Oct. 21 7:30 p.m. MLB On-Deck 8 p.m.* ALCS Game 7: Detroit at New York 11:30 p.m. Inside MLB *if necessary
That will do it.
