Who’s Playing Sunday Night Baseball Tonight?

Who’s Playing Sunday Night Baseball Tonight? is a blog dedicated to providing baseball fans with the latest information on who is playing Sunday night baseball.

Introduction

Sunday Night Baseball is an American institution. Each week during the Major League Baseball season, millions of fans tune in to watch their favorite teams battle it out on the diamond.

So who’s playing Sunday night baseball tonight? That’s a great question!

The answer may surprise you. While there are typically several big games happening each Sunday night during the MLB season, there is only one game that is featured on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast.

So if you’re wondering who’s playing Sunday night baseball tonight, the answer is whoever is lucky enough to be featured on ESPN’s broadcast!

The Teams

Tonight’s game is between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees are in first place in the American League East, while the Red Sox are in third place. This should be a good game!

The New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the National League’s (NL) New York Mets. The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles (no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles). In 1903, Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City, renaming the club the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the Yankees in 1913.

The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, an LLC controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner, who purchased the team in 1973. Brian Cashman is the team’s general manager, and Aaron Boone is its manager. The team’s home games were played at Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. In 1974 and 1975, their home games were played at Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, while Yankee Stadium was undergoing renovations. From 2009 to 2012, their home games were played at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, also located in Queens. One of baseball’s most successful franchises,[7][8]the Yankees have won 18 division titles (40% of MLB’s total), 40 AL pennants (27%),[9]and 27 World Series championships (double any other MLB team).[10][11][12] Forty-four Yankees players and eleven Yankees managers have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,[13] including Babe Ruth,[14]Lou Gehrig,[15]Joe DiMaggio,[16]Mickey Mantle,[17]Whitey Ford,[18]and Yogi Berra.[19]

The team’s rivalry with the Boston Red Sox is one of baseball’s most well-known rivalries.[20][21][22][23][24][25]:11[26]:6 On June 8, 2019, ESPN ranked it first on their list of top 10 rivalries.[27]:2–4

The Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The Red Sox are one of the oldest and most successful franchises in MLB history, having won nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of any MLB team, and appearing in 14. Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018.

The Lineups

Tonight, the Chicago Cubs will face off against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs will have Kyle Hendricks on the mound while the Pirates will have Trevor Williams. The Cubs lineup will feature Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, and Anthony Rizzo. The Pittsburgh lineup will feature Starling Marte, Josh Bell, and Adam Frazier.

The New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City; the other club is the National League (NL)’s New York Mets. The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles (no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles). In 1903, Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City, renaming the club the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed as the “Yankees” in 1913.

The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, an LLC controlled by children of George Steinbrenner, who purchased the team in 1973. Former catcher Yogi Berra and all-time home run leader Hank Aaron are some of baseball’s most celebrated figures who have donned a Yankees uniform, while icons Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio remain popular draws to this day.

The Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division, and have won nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of any MLB team, and they are one of the oldest teams in MLB history. Founded in 1901 as one of the eight charter members of the American League, the Red Sox’ home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The “Red Sox” name was chosen by team owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the “Boston Red Stockings”, including sides from 1871–1875 and 1901–1907.Boston was a dominant team in the new league, defeating Pittsburgh 120 times in 124 games while winning five pennants and three World Series titles between 1901 and 1918. In 1912 they broke baseball’s color barrier when Ralph Price was promoted to play second base ahead of eventual Hall of Famer Moses Fleetwood Walker
The schema for this game is:
7:00 PM EDT

The Pitching Matchups

Pitchers are always trying to get ahead of the batter. They want to make the batter swing at a pitch that’s not in the strike zone. Sometimes, they’ll try to trick the batter with a changeup. Other times, they’ll just try to blow the ball by them. Let’s take a look at the pitching matchups for tonight’s game.

The New York Yankees

The New York Yankees will take on the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium on Sunday Night Baseball. The pitching matchup for this game is as follows:

New York Yankees:

SP Masahiro Tanaka (4-1, 2.74 ERA)

Baltimore Orioles:

SP Dylan Bundy (3-4, 3.97 ERA)

The Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The Red Sox are one of the eight charter franchises of MLB, and were founded in 1901 as one of the league’s first two expansion teams. The franchise owns the longest-winning streak of any MLB team, which spans 3,468 games over 132 seasons, as well as the third-longest streak on a road trip. They are also the only team to win four World Series championships in a row, voted as America’s Greatest Sports Franchise by ESPN in 2007 and 2008 and fifth-greatest franchise by Bleacher Report in 2014. According to Forbes, they are America’s second most valuable baseball franchise worth $2.6 billion; their revenue for 2018 was reported at $627 million with a net profit of $40 million.

The Red Sox have competed in thirteen World Series. They have won nine times, more than any other baseball team except for the New York Yankees who have won 27 World Series titles. With their 2018 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2018 World Series, they set a new record for most wins in a season with 108 victories (surpassing the old mark set by their 2017 championship team), and became just the fourth team to win four World Series titles in fifteen years. In addition,[7] they became only the eighth team to win two consecutive World Series championships since 1903 (joining the New York Yankees [1936–1939], St. Louis Cardinals [1942–1944], New York Yankees [1949–1953], Los Angeles Dodgers [1963–1965], Oakland Athletics [1972–1974], Cincinnati Reds [1975–1976]; Toronto Blue Jays [1992–1993])

On September 20, 2018, Alex Cora led them to a franchise-record 119th win, surpassing their total from their previous championship season of 1917; this broke not just their own record but also that of every other major league team except for two: those being the Seattle Mariners with 116 wins in 2001 ( managed by Lou Piniella), and
the Chicago Cubs with 103 wins en route to their 2016 World Series title (managed by Joe Maddon). Also on September 20, against Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ryan Borucki—who was making his major league debut—the Red Sox set another franchise record with their 257th home run of the season; this surpassed their previous record from 1949.[5] On September 28 against Baltimore Orioles pitchers Josh Lucas and Jimmy Yacabonis respectively—making his major league debut— Xander Bogaerts hit two home runs for his 30th and 31st homers respectively; this made him just fourth shortstop ever to reach 30 homers while playing primarily at shortstop.[6][not in citation given][better source needed] Bogaerts also drove in three runs giving him 103 RBI on the season becoming just sixth shortstop ever to reach 100 RBI while playing primarily at shortstop.[7][notin citation given][better source needed] J. D. Martinez would hit his 43rd homerun several innings later off Jimmy Yacabonis making him just 50th player ever (and only 10th player not to play predominantly as an outfielder throughout his career) with back-to-back 40 home run seasons while playing primarily as a designated hitter; he also became only second player ever—the other being David Ortiz—to do so while playing primarily for one team.[8][notin citation given][better source needed] This game also saw Mookie Betts draw two walks giving him 130 walks on season becoming only 13th player ever with back-to-back 125 walk seasons mark which had not been accomplished since Barry Bonds accomplished this feat 12 years ago[citation needed] it also marked only time its been accomplished since Babe Ruth did it 1918.[citation needed] Martinez would later draw a bases loaded walk giving himself 106 RBI on seasons making him first player ever[citation needed] with back-to-back seasons hitting .330 or better batting average 35 or more homers and driving 100 or more RBI.[citation needed]

The Weather

The game will be played in good weather conditions. The temperature will be in the mid-60s and there will be no precipitation.

Conclusion

As of right now, there is no Sunday Night Baseball game scheduled for tonight. However, there are several games that are being played on other channels.