TBS/TNT Combine For Airing Up To Three MLB LDS Games on Wednesday

Turner Sports is gearing up for a busy day on Wednesday. Depending on what happens on Tuesday, TBS and TNT could combine to air three League Division Series games. As we know, MLB Network will be airing Game 3 of the St. Louis-Washington series at 1 p.m. ET. Then 4:07 p.m., TBS will come in with a potential Game 4 of the San Francisco-Cincinnati series followed by Game 3 of Baltimore-New York Yankees at 7:37 p.m. TNT will air a possible Game 4 of Detroit-Oakland at 9:37 p.m.

If both of the Bay Area series ends today, then the Yankees game would slide to 8:37 p.m.

We have Turner Sports’ preview of Wednesday’s action.

Turner Sports to Exclusively Televise Up to Three MLB Division Series Games on Wednesday, Oct. 10

TBS’ coverage of the 2012 MLB Postseason will continue tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 9 with an exclusive doubleheader – San Francisco vs. Cincinnati (Game 3) at 5:30 p.m. ET, followed by Detroit vs. Oakland (Game 3) at 9 p.m. Coverage will begin with the MLB On-Deck pregame show at 5 p.m. and conclude with the Inside MLB post-game show.

On Wednesday, Oct. 10, Turner Sports will exclusively televise up to three Division Series games including San Francisco vs. Cincinnati (Game 4, if nec.) at 4 p.m. and  Baltimore vs. New York (Game 3) at 7:30 p.m. on TBS and Detroit vs. Oakland (Game 4, if nec.) at 9:30 p.m. on TNT. If the Giants/Reds and Tigers/Athletics series end in three games, the Orioles/Yankees telecast will move to 8:30 p.m. on TBS.

TBS will exclusively televise up to 18 Division Series games and the American League Championship Series coverage on TBS. The network’s commentator pairings for the upcoming Division Series games:

Date Time (ET) Games/Commentator Teams Network
       
Tuesday, Oct. 9 5 p.m. MLB On-Deck
Matt Winer, Dennis Eckersley, David Wells and Shane Victorino
TBS
  5:30 p.m. NLDS Game 3: San Francisco at Cincinnati
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Joe Simpson and Tom Verducci
TBS
  9 p.m. ALDS Game 3: Detroit at Oakland
Don Orsillo, Buck Martinez and Jaime Maggio
TBS
  Post-game Inside MLB
Matt Winer, Dennis Eckersley, David Wells and Shane Victorino
TBS
       
Wednesday, Oct. 10 3:30 p.m. MLB On-Deck
Matt Winer, Dennis Eckersley, David Wells and Shane Victorino
TBS
  4 p.m. NLDS Game 4 (if nec.): San Francisco at Cincinnati
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Joe Simpson and Tom Verducci
TBS
  7:30 p.m.* ALDS Game 3: Baltimore at New York
Ernie Johnson, John Smoltz, Cal Ripken, Jr. and Craig Sager
TBS
  9:30 p.m. ALDS Game 4 (if nec.): Detroit at Oakland
Don Orsillo, Buck Martinez and Jaime Maggio
TNT
  Post-game Inside MLB
Matt Winer, Dennis Eckersley, David Wells and Shane Victorino
TBS

*Shifts to 8:30 p.m. (ET) on TBS if the CIN-SF and DET-OAK series both end on Tuesday, October 9th

There you have it.

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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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