March 11, 2026
UPDATE
“Friday Evening Baseball” returns to Apple TV :br(s):on March 27 for its fifth season
Unique weekly MLB doubleheaders return with the Los Angeles Angels on the Houston Astros, and the Cleveland Guardians on the Seattle Mariners
“Friday Evening Baseball” — a weekly Main League Baseball (MLB) doubleheader on Apple TV — returns for its fifth season on Friday, March 27. Followers throughout 60 international locations and areas can get pleasure from two marquee matchups every week all through the 25-week MLB common season, that includes enhanced manufacturing high quality, skilled commentary, and no native broadcast restrictions.
Apple and MLB at present revealed the “Friday Evening Baseball” schedule for the primary half of the season, with video games working by June 26. Highlights embrace the storied New York Subway Sequence matchup between the Yankees and Mets, plus a number of appearances by reigning Nationwide League MVP Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Sequence champion Los Angeles Dodgers, together with a basic matchup towards the Cubs at Dodger Stadium, a showdown with the Philadelphia Phillies, and a heated NL West rivalry recreation towards the San Diego Padres. See under for the complete schedule.
“‘Friday Evening Baseball’ on Apple TV continues to raise how followers expertise the sport,” mentioned Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vp of Apple Music, Apple TV, Sports activities, and Beats. “With cutting-edge manufacturing — together with the mixing of iPhone to seize immersive new views — and a full season of marquee matchups obtainable with out native broadcast restrictions, we’re delivering a contemporary, premium broadcast expertise designed for followers all over the place.”
For the fourth straight season, “Friday Evening Baseball” video games will probably be referred to as by broadcast groups Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play), Dontrelle Willis (analyst), and Heidi Watney (sideline reporter); and Alex Faust (play-by-play), Ryan Spilborghs (analyst), and Tricia Whitaker (sideline reporter) with Wealthy Waltz, who will be a part of the published group to name choose video games in the course of the season.
Starting opening day on March 26, followers within the U.S. can benefit from the MLB Large Inning whip-around present, that includes reside look-ins and in-game highlights each weeknight, and a full slate of MLB-related content material on Apple TV, together with Countdown to First Pitch, MLB Every day Recap, and MLB This Week. Followers may entry MLB programming free on the Apple TV app, together with recreation recaps, basic video games, highlights, interviews, and extra.
“Friday Evening Baseball” is produced by MLB Community’s Emmy Award-winning manufacturing group in partnership with Apple’s reside sports activities manufacturing group.
“Friday Evening Baseball,” iPhone 17 Professional Acknowledged by Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame
On the ultimate Friday of the 2025 MLB common season, Apple TV launched iPhone 17 Professional into the reside manufacturing workflow of “Friday Evening Baseball,” marking the primary time iPhone has been built-in right into a reside skilled sports activities broadcast as a main digital camera.
The milestone broadcast at Boston’s Fenway Park — the place the Crimson Sox clinched a postseason berth with an exciting walk-off win over the Detroit Tigers — has since been acknowledged by the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame, which added one of many authenticated iPhone gadgets to its everlasting assortment in Cooperstown, New York. Learn extra on the Corridor of Fame web site.
All through the 2026 season, iPhone will probably be additional built-in into the published digital camera lineup for choose video games.
2026 “Friday Evening Baseball” Schedule on Apple TV
Friday, March 27
Los Angeles Angels at Houston Astros
8:15 p.m. ET
Cleveland Guardians at Seattle Mariners
9:45 p.m. ET
Friday, April 3
Milwaukee Brewers at Kansas Metropolis Royals
7:45 p.m. ET
Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks
9:45 p.m. ET
Friday, April 10
Los Angeles Angels at Cincinnati Reds
6:45 p.m. ET
San Francisco Giants at Baltimore Orioles
7:15 p.m. ET
Friday, April 17
Tampa Bay Rays at Pittsburgh Pirates
6:45 p.m. ET
Detroit Tigers at Boston Crimson Sox
7:15 p.m. ET
Friday, April 24
Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves
7:15 p.m. ET
Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers
10:15 p.m. ET
Friday, Might 1
Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates
6:45 p.m. ET
Kansas Metropolis Royals at Seattle Mariners
9:45 p.m. ET
Friday, Might 8
Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians
7:15 p.m. ET
St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Padres
9:45 p.m. ET
Friday, Might 15
Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers
6:45 p.m. ET
New York Yankees at New York Mets
7:15 p.m. ET
Friday, Might 22
Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs
2:20 p.m. ET
Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles
7:15 p.m. ET
Friday, Might 29
Minnesota Twins at Pittsburgh Pirates
6:45 p.m. ET
Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers
10:15 p.m. ET
Friday, June 5
Cleveland Guardians at Texas Rangers
8:15 p.m. ET
Kansas Metropolis Royals at Minnesota Twins
8:15 p.m. ET
Friday, June 12
Arizona Diamondbacks at Cincinnati Reds
7:15 p.m. ET
Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
7:15 p.m. ET
Friday, June 19
St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas Metropolis Royals
8:15 p.m. ET
Minnesota Twins at Arizona Diamondbacks
9:45 p.m. ET
Friday, June 26
Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers
7:45 p.m. ET
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres
9:45 p.m. ET
The right way to Watch “Friday Evening Baseball”
Apple TV subscribers can watch “Friday Evening Baseball” on the Apple TV app on iPhone; iPad; Apple TV 4K; Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional; Mac; fashionable sensible TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL, and others; Roku and Amazon Fireplace TV gadgets; Chromecast with Google TV; PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles; and at television.apple.com, for $12.99 monthly with a seven-day free trial for brand new subscribers.1 For a restricted time, eligible prospects who buy and activate a brand new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Mac can get pleasure from three months of Apple TV at no cost. Go to apple.com/tvpr and see the complete record of supported gadgets.
Followers may simply subscribe to entry Apple TV reveals and reside sports activities programming by extra endpoints, together with Prime Video subscriptions, Roku premium subscriptions, Comcast Xfinity, DIRECTV, and extra.
DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS will supply entry to Apple TV’s reside sports activities programming — together with “Friday Evening Baseball,” all MLS matches, and F1 within the U.S. — to its community of greater than 300,000 sports activities bars, eating places, accommodations, and different industrial institutions.
EverPass is providing industrial institutions entry to stream Apple TV’s full reside sports activities portfolio — together with “Friday Evening Baseball,” MLS, and F1 within the U.S. — obtainable to new and current EverPass prospects by the EverPass Core package deal.
Extra Methods to Observe MLB All Season Lengthy
Followers can observe their favourite groups all season lengthy with the free Apple Sports activities app for iPhone, the place obtainable. Designed for pace and ease, the app places a consumer’s favourite leagues and groups entrance and heart, and is one of the simplest ways for baseball followers to remain updated on scores, stats, standings, and their favourite golf equipment all through the MLB season. Apple Sports activities permits customers to simply navigate between scores and upcoming video games, and discover play-by-play info, stats, and extra. With Reside Actions, Apple Sports activities delivers real-time updates for all MLB video games, offering reside scores and play-by-play information at a fast look to a consumer’s iPhone Lock Display and Apple Watch. Recreation Card Sharing lets followers share their pleasure for any recreation. Apple Sports activities additionally seamlessly syncs with favorites chosen throughout the My Sports activities expertise, together with on the Apple TV app and in Apple Information.
In Apple Information, followers can simply observe the league and their favourite groups within the MLB feed, and watch personalised MLB highlights. Every Friday, followers may entry a curated group of probably the most thrilling tales from across the league.
In Apple Music, followers can discover official playlists that includes the walk-up songs from every week’s groups, in addition to a set of basic songs celebrating baseball.
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