Apple and Major League Baseball today announced the July game schedule for “Friday Night Baseball,” a weekly doubleheader available to Apple TV+ subscribers on Fridays throughout the 2024 regular season. Fans in 60 countries and territories can enjoy the two marquee matchups for more than 26 weeks with no local broadcast restrictions.
Apple and Major League Baseball today declaration the July “Friday Night Baseball” schedule
The “Friday Night Baseball” announcing booth features an exceptional group of broadcast talent, including Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play), Dontrell Willis (analyst), Heidi Watney (sideline reporter), Alex Faust (play-by-play) , Ryan Spielberg (analyst), and Tricia Whittaker (sideline reporter). Ted Barrett, Brian Gorman, and Dale Scott — all former MLB umpires — disintegrate the rules and call every week.
Lauren Gardner hosts live pre- and postgame coverage with former MLB player and analyst Xavier Scruggs and baseball journalist Russell Dorsey. On July 26, the “Friday Night Baseball” pregame show will preview the Rangers vs. Blue Jays and Dodgers vs. Astros games hosted live from Minute Maid Park in Houston, featuring exclusive player interviews and more.
“Friday Night Baseball” is manufactured by MLB Network’s Emmy Award-winning production team in partnership with Apple’s Live Sports production team, bringing viewers an incomparable viewing experience. Each game features state-of-the-art cameras to present vivid live-action shots with immersive sound in 5.1 with spatial audio enabled. “Friday Night Baseball” uses drone cameras for beautiful aerial stadium shots, as well as player mics and field-level mics to immerse fans in the gameplay and stadium atmosphere. Fans in the United States and Canada have the option to listen to local radio broadcast audio of home and away teams during “Friday Night Baseball” games.
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Fans in the US can enjoy the Major League Baseball today Big Inning Whip-Around Show featuring live look-ins and in-game highlights every weeknight, and a full slate of MLB-related content including Countdown to First Pitch, Major League Baseball today Daily Recap, on Apple TV+. And MLB this week. Fans can access additional MLB programming for free on the Apple TV app, including live “Friday Night Baseball” broadcasts each week, condensed game recaps after the conclusion of classic games, highlights and interviews and more.
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Apple TV+ customers can watch “Friday Night Baseball” in the Apple TV app, pre-installed on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, , as well as online at tv.apple.com. The Apple TV app is also attainable on select smart TVs including Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sony, TCL, VIZIO and others; Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices; PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles; Chromecast with Google TV; and set-top boxes with Sky Q, SK Broadband, and Comcast Xfinity. More information is available at apple.com/apple-tv-app. Fans can follow the action of every game this MLB season on their iPhone lock screen with Live Activity.3 And with the multiview feature on Apple TV 4K devices and iPad, fans can watch up to four streams simultaneously, including “Friday Night Baseball.” Select games, Major League Soccer matches, and MLS and MLB live shows. 4
Major League Baseball today: July “Friday Night Baseball” schedule on Apple TV+
Friday, July 5
Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves
7pm ET
Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds
7pm ET
Friday, July 12
Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays
6:30 p.m. ET
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
8 pm. ET
Friday, July 19
Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays
7pm ET
At Cleveland Guardians ET
Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays
7 p.m. ET
Pricing and Availability
Apple TV+ is available for $9.99 (U.S.) per month with a seven-day free trial. For a limited time, eligible customers who purchase and activate a new Apple device can enjoy three months of Apple TV+ for free.
Radio streaming for the Los Angeles are attainable only for the team’s home games.
Apple Sports is free to download for users in the U.S., the U.K, and Canada, and is attainable for all iPhone models running iOS 17.2 or later.
Live Activities is supported on iOS 16.1 and later.