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ESPN will feature an American League interdivisional matchup this weekend on Sunday Night Baseball.
The American League Central-leading Cleveland Indians will play host to the Baltimore Orioles (American League East) live at Progressive Field. Broadcast of Sunday’s game is currently scheduled to start at 8 p.m. with Dan Shulman on the call.
He will be joined in the booth by analysts Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boone for additional commentary. Reporter Buster Olney will be on hand for all of the game’s latest news and interviews.
Sunday night’s broadcast will be preceded by Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown presented by Chevrolet at 7 p.m. ET. Karl Ravech will anchor the broadcast and will be joined by David Ross and Tim Kurkjian for additional commentary.
Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton will have the game’s call on ESPN Radio. They will also call the second game in the teams’ three-game series Saturday on ESPN Radio.
Trevor Bauer (15 – 8) is expected to get the start for Cleveland Sunday night while Jeremy Hellickson (8 – 8) is expected to take the mound for Baltimore.
Cleveland is currently looking strong as the regular season nears its end. It was riding a 14-game win streak at last report and was looking for its 15th straight win Thursday night as it played the Chicago White Sox. It earned its 14th straight win against the White Sox Wednesday night in a 5 – 1 win.
Cleveland’s home record has proven respectable, too at 36 – 29 so far this season. The Indians have proven to be just as good on the road as at home, too, going 47 – 27 so far this season on the road.
Baltimore currently sits third in the AL East, eight games back from the division-leading Boston Red Sox. The Orange Birds have struggled this season on the road, going 27 – 39 so far on that record. The team has done considerably better at home with a 44 – 30 home record so far and will be looking to bounce back in this weekend’s series after falling to the Yankees at home Thursday 9 – 1.
More information on Sunday’s series closer between the Orioles and Indians is available online now along with all of the latest MLB headlines at http://www.espn.com/mlb.
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