The Phillies vs. Giants game will not be broadcast on NBC Sports Philadelphia, but will be streamed on Apple TV+

The Phillies will face the San Francisco Giants in a four-game series starting tonight in South Philadelphia, but today's game won't be available on TV.

Instead, you'll need to log into Apple TV+, the tech giant's subscription streaming service. friday night baseball For 3 consecutive seasons. This package includes two exclusive MLB games each week, including tonight's Toronto Blue Jays vs. Washington Nationals game, which will be streamed along with Phillies vs. Giants.

The timing is…troubling. The Phillies are off to their best start since 2011, just set a franchise record for wins in April (19), and are coming off a 7-3 road trip backed by perhaps the best rotation in baseball right now. be. This is a dramatic contrast to the past two years, when the Phillies were forced to dig themselves out of an early hole, one of which involved claiming the job for former manager Joe Girardi.

Aaron Nola, who is 4-1 with a 3.20 ERA this season, will be in the mount tonight. He will face longtime relief pitcher Jordan Hicks, who became the Giants' starting pitcher with a 2-0 record and a 1.59 ERA.

If you want to skip the hassle of going through Apple TV+, watch 94.1 WIP with Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen for all four games. But if you want to watch the action, here's everything you need to know to watch or stream this weekend's Phillies game.

You need Apple TV+ to watch the Phillies tonight

First up is Friday's game against the Giants, which will be streamed exclusively on Apple TV+ starting at 6:30 p.m.

This is Apple's third year friday night baseball The package includes two games per week. These games are behind Apple TV+'s subscription paywall, which currently costs $9.99 per month (although new subscribers are offered his 7-day free trial).

Once you set up your account, simply download the Apple TV+ app or watch games on the website (Apple TV+ app is not available on Android smartphones). Complete instructions can be found here.

The game will be emceed by play-by-play announcer Wayne Randazzo, and former Phillies pitcher Dontrell Willis, who signed with the team in 2012 but appeared in only three games in the Grapefruit League, will also be in attendance. I plan to join.

Heidi Watney reports from Citizens Bank Park.

If you don't want to set up an Apple TV+ account, you might be able to find the game at bars and restaurants around Philadelphia, thanks to Apple's distribution deal with DirecTV. Please call ahead to confirm.

This is the first of two Apple TV+ games on the Phillies' schedule so far this season. The second time was on June 21st against the Arizona Diamondbacks, which happened to be the night the Phillies were holding Cole Hamels' retirement ceremony.

Saturday's Phillies game will be broadcast on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Game 2 of the four-game series resumes Saturday on NBC Sports Philadelphia, with first pitch scheduled for 6:05 p.m.

Tom McCarthy, in his 17th season as the Phillies' television voice actor, will call the games.Joining him will be an ex
Phillies first baseman John Kruk gained a lot of attention during last week's broadcast when he told a wild story about playing in a prison baseball game in Mexico.

Phillies pregame liveHosted by Michael Barkan, it is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Phillies post game live It follows immediately after the final out.

Ranger Suarez (5-0, 1.32 ERA), who has the second-best pitching record and ERA in baseball, will face Giants right-hander Keaton Wynn (3-3, 3.18 ERA).

McCarthy and Crook will also be called up for the Phillies' fourth and final game against the Giants on Monday afternoon, with first pitch scheduled for 4:05 p.m.

Sunday's Phillies vs. Giants game will be broadcast on ESPN

The Phillies will be back on ESPN Sunday night, but this time Alex Rodriguez won't be there.

The former New York Yankees slugger ended his game calling duties for ESPN in 2021, but continued to appear on ESPN2 as part of the program. k-rod Simulcast with Yankees announcer Michael Kay. However, A-Rod signed a contract extension with Fox last year that reportedly required him to appear exclusively on Fox's network. k-rod This season, during games on ESPN.

Returned to call-up for third consecutive season sunday night baseball Karl Labek, David Cohn, and Eduardo Perez. Longtime ESPN reporter Buster Olney will be on hand at Citizens Bank Park.

The Phillies will play the second of two games this season in London against the New York Mets on June 9th on ESPN.

Some Phillies games could end up on Roku

Phillies fans may need to sign up for yet another streaming service.

The Athletic's Andrew Marchand reported that MLB is in advanced talks with Roku to take over the Sunday morning baseball package that was previously streamed on NBC's subscription streaming platform Peacock.

As of Friday, no final agreement had yet been announced. But if that happens, exclusive MLB games will be streamed on the Roku Channel on Sunday mornings starting at 11:30 a.m. or noon, ahead of other Sunday games that typically start after 1:30 p.m. We will start about 2 hours early.

The bit of good news is that Roku Channel is free. No, you don't have to go out and buy a Roku device. Roku Channels can be downloaded to Apple and Android devices, as well as Samsung smart TVs and some Amazon Fire TV devices.

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