Who’s Playing Sunday Night Baseball?

Find out which teams are playing on Sunday Night Baseball this week and when the games are scheduled.

Chicago Cubs

Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN this week features the Chicago Cubs at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. ET. The Cubs are currently in first place in the National League Central, while the Brewers are in second place.

Overview

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division, where they are the defending World Series champions. The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field, located on the city’s North Side. The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago; the other, the Chicago White Sox, is a member of the American League (AL) Central division.

Roster

The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs are members of the National League Central division, where they are the defending World Series champions. The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field, located on the city’s North Side.

The Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908, which is the longest championship drought in all of professional sports. The team has played in fourteen World Series, winning two.
The team’s roster is as follows:

Pitchers:
-Jon Lester
-Jake Arrieta
-John Lackey
-Kyle Hendricks
-Jason Hammel
-Hector Rondon
-Pedro Strop
-Trevor Cahill
-Justin Grimm
– Travis Wood
Felix Pena

Infielders:
-Anthony Rizzo
-Kris Bryant
-Ben Zobrist Santiago Casilla Jeanmar Gomez Brandon Kintzler Keone Kela Tony Watson Arodys Vizcaino

Outfielders:
-Jason Heyward Angel Pagan Daniel Nava Seth Smith Michael Saunders Matt Joyce

Schedule

The Chicago Cubs will be playing Sunday Night Baseball on August 12th against the Cincinnati Reds. The game will start at 8:05 pm CST and will be broadcasted on ESPN.

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season.

Overview

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to Dodger Stadium, their current home, in 1962.

The Dodgers joined the NL West as a result of the 1974 Major League Baseball realignment and have since won seven NL pennants and competed in 23 World Series, winning six—more than any other team in the NL during that span. They have played their home games exclusively at Dodger Stadium since 1962. The stadium has also hosted the 1989 World Series, two NL Championship Series (1977 and 1978), four All-Star Games (1980, 1984, 1988, and 2014), 16 NLCS games (1977–1978 and 1981–2016 seasons), 10 LCS games (1981 and 1988 seasons), three Wild Card Game (2004, 2006, 2008), 32 Division Series games overall (1981–2018 seasons), 14 NLDS games (1981–2016 seasons), four World Baseball Classics (2006 and 2009) tournaments excluding 2009 Pool 2 matches played at Dodger Stadium. It also hosted exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics. The 2020 season will be their 137th season.

Roster

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to Dodger Stadium, their current home, in 1962.
The Dodgers share a fierce rivalry with the San Francisco Giants, dating back to when the two franchises played in New York City. Both teams moved west for the 1958 season, which was when the Bobby Thomson Incident occurred.

The Dodgers have had seventeen players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and three retired numbers – Jackie Robinson’s 42, Sandy Koufax’s 32 and Roy Campanella’s 39 – have been displayed at Dodger Stadium. The team has also produced twelve Rookie of the Year Award winners, including four consecutive from 1979 to 1982 and five consecutive from 1992 to 1996.

Schedule

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home games at Dodger Stadium. Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to Dodger Stadium, their current home, in 1962.

The Dodgers as a franchise have won six World Series titles and 23 National League pennants. 11 NL MVP award winners have played for the Dodgers, winning a total of 13 MVP Awards (with oneshared). Eight Cy Young Award winners have pitched for the Dodgers, winning a total of twelve Cy Young Awards. The team has also produced 17 Rookie of the Year Award winners, as well as three Most Valuable Player Award winners of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), and three Most Valuable Player Award winners of the World Series.

As of 2020, the Dodgers are valued at $3 billion, making them one of baseball’s most valuable teams and making them also the wealthiest team in Major League Baseball history. In 2019 they set a major North American professional sports record by paying $43 million in luxury taxes and became only the second team ever to surpass that mark in a single season.

San Francisco Giants

Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN this week features the San Francisco Giants at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It will be the first meeting of the season for these two teams. The Giants are coming off a series loss to the San Diego Padres while the Dodgers swept the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Overview

The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. As one of the oldest clubs in baseball, the franchise has won three World Series titles and 20 National League pennants. The Giants play their home games at Oracle Park.

Roster

The San Francisco Giants are a professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. As one of the oldest clubs in baseball history, the franchise has won 23 NL pennants and seven World Series championships, tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers for second-most by any team in the National League and second-most by any team in baseball.

Schedule

The San Francisco Giants are a professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. As one of the oldest clubs in MLB, the franchise has won 22 NL pennants and three World Series championships. The team plays its home games at Oracle Park.

The current Giantssquad consists of 27 active players, with 12 pitchers and 15 position players, as well as four inactive players and seven players on the 40-man roster. The team is led by manager Gabe Kapler and general manager Scott Harris.