Live blog: Keeping up with all Saturday's action
Mother Nature has already thrown a wrench into Saturday’s baseball action. The Royals and White Sox, who were scheduled to complete Friday’s suspended game as well as play their regularly scheduled Saturday game, have already been rained out. Several other games may be impacted by weather throughout the day, especially on the East Coast.
As always, Eye on MLB will serve as your one-stop shop for all the day’s baseball action. Here you’ll find game previews and recaps, highlights, news and notes, and much more. Make you sure check back several times throughout the day.
Weather has already postponed one game on Saturday. (USATSI)
Saturday’s MLB action and TV listings (all times ET) (Full scoreboard)
1:08pm (Preview): Indians (Trevor Bauer) at Tigers (Alfredo Simon)
TV: SportsTime Ohio (Indians) | Fox Sports 1 (national)
1:10pm (Preview): Cubs (Jake Arrieta) at Reds (Anthony DeSclafani)
TV: ABC 7 (Chicago) | Fox Sports Ohio (Reds)
Royals at White Sox, Postponed: The Royals and ChiSox were to complete Friday night’s suspended game, which was tied 2-2 in the eighth inning when it started raining, as well as play their regularly scheduled game, but both were postponed by rain. The suspended game will be completed Sunday. No makeup date has been announced for Saturday’s game.
4:05pm (Preview): Astros (Scott Feldman) at Athletics (Kendall Graveman)
TV: ROOT Sports (Astros) | CSN California (A’s)
4:05pm (Preview): Mets (Matt Harvey) at Yankees (CC Sabathia)
TV: SNY (Mets) | WPIX (Yankees) | Fox Sports 1 (national)
4:10pm (Preview): Nationals (Stephen Strasburg) at Marlins (Tom Koehler)
TV: MASN (Nationals) | Fox Sports Florida (Marlins)
6:10pm (Preview): Blue Jays (Daniel Norris) at Rays (Erasmo Ramirez)
TV: Sportsnet-1 (Blue Jays) | Sun Sports (Rays)
7:05pm (Preview): Braves (Shelby Miller) at Phillies (David Buchanan)
TV: Sportsouth (Braves) | CSN (Phillies)
7:05pm (Preview): Red Sox (Justin Masterson) at Orioles (Wei-Yin Chen)
TV: NESN (Red Sox) | MASN 2 (Orioles)
7:10pm (Preview): Cardinals (Adam Wainwright) at Brewers (Wily Peralta)
TV: Fox Sports Midwest (Cardinals) | Fox Sports Wisconsin (Brewers)
8:10pm (Preview): Pirates (A.J. Burnett) at Diamondbacks (Rubby De La Rosa)
TV: ROOT Sports (Pirates) | Fox Sports Arizona (D-Backs)
8:10pm (Preview): Giants (Tim Hudson) at Rockies (Jorge De La Rosa)
TV: CSN Bay Area+ (Giants) | ROOT Sports (Rockies) | MLB Network (national)
8:40pm (Preview): Dodgers (Brandon McCarthy) at Padres (Ian Kennedy)
TV: Sportsnet LA (Dodgers) | Fox Sports San Diego (Padres) | MLB Network (national)
9:05pm (Preview): Rangers (Colby Lewis) at Angels (C.J. Wilson)
TV: Fox Sports Southwest (Rangers) | Fox Sports West (Angels)
9:10pm (Preview): Twins (Trevor May) at Mariners (James Paxton)
TV: Fox Sports North (Twins) | ROOT Sports (Mariners)
Milestone Watch
May be needed later. Alex Rodriguez is only two home runs shy of 660 for his career, which would tie Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time list, you know.
Daily Awards
Check back throughout the day.
Injuries, News & Rumors
Athletics: Placed 2B Ben Zobrist (knee) on the 15-day DL, the team announced. 1B Max Muncy was called up and LHP Eury De La Rosa was designated for assignment in corresponding moves.
Indians: RHP Trevor Bauer was scratched from Saturday’s start due to an illness and is day-to-day, the team announced.
Nationals: 3B Anthony Rendon (knee) said he felt good after playing five innings at third base in a minor league rehab game Friday. (Washington Post)
Phillies: OF Domonic Brown (Achilles) said he feels “outstanding” as he works his back on a minor league rehab assignment. (Lehigh Valley Live)
Rays: LHP Jake McGee (elbow) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Saturday. (Tampa Bay Times)
Reds: Manager Bryan Price said the “time has come” for LHP Tony Cingrani to see more important innings out of the bullpen. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura (seven games), RHP Edinson Volquez (five games), RHP Kelvin Herrera (two games) and OF Lorenzo Cain (two games) were all suspended for their part in Thursday’s brawl with the White Sox.
Tigers: RHP Justin Verlander (triceps) will join the team on their upcoming road trip and intends to resume throwing soon. (Detroit News)
White Sox: LHP Chris Sale (five games) and RHP Jeff Samardzija (five games) were both suspended for their role in Thursday’s brawl with the Royals.
Looking Ahead to Sunday’s MLB action (all times ET)
The weekend wraps up with important intra-division games in Detroit, Chicago, Tampa Bay, Baltimore and San Diego.
1:08pm: Indians (Carlos Carrasco) at Tigers (Kyle Lobstein)
1:10pm: Cubs (Travis Wood) at Reds (Jason Marquis)
1:10pm: Blue Jays (Mark Buehrle) at Rays (Chris Archer)
1:10pm: Nationals (Gio Gonzalez) at Marlins (Dan Haren)
1:35pm: Braves (Trevor Cahill) at Phillies (Jerome Williams)
1:35pm: Red Sox (Wade Miley) at Orioles (Bud Norris)
2:10pm: Royals 2, White Sox 2 in 8th inning (completion of Friday’s suspended game)
2:10pm: Cardinals (Lance Lynn) at Brewers (Mike Fiers)
3:00pm (approx.): Royals (Edinson Volquez) at White Sox (John Danks) (game will begin 30 mins. following completion of suspended game)
3:35pm: Rangers (Nick Martinez) at Angels (Hector Santiago)
4:05pm: Astros (Asher Wojciechowski) at Athletics (Drew Pomeranz)
4:10pm: Dodgers (Scott Baker) at Padres (Brandon Morrow)
4:10pm: Twins (Kyle Gibson) at Mariners (TBA)
4:10pm: Pirates (Francisco Liriano) at Diamondbacks (Jeremy Hellickson)
4:10pm: Giants (Tim Lincecum) at Rockies (Tyler Matzek)
8:05pm: Mets (Jonathon Niese) at Yankees (Nathan Eovaldi)
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