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ESPN kicks off its Major League Baseball pre-season coverage Thursday afternoon.
The Yankees and the Rays face off in the first of the network’s pre-season broadcasts beginning at 1 p.m. Jon Sciambi will have the call for the Grapefruit League game. He will be joined by analysts Rick Sutcliffe and Doug Glanville in the booth for additional commentary.
The Dodgers and Angels follow at 7 p.m. on ESPN in a Cactus League showdown. The Angels currently sit fourth in the league while Los Angeles sits seventh. Dan Shulman, the voice of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, will have the call for the game. He will be joined in the booth by his SNB cohorts Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boone. Reporter Buster Olney will also be on hand for all of the latest in-game news and interviews.
Karl Ravech and Tim Kurkjian will have a wrap of up the day’s action on the diamond at 10 p.m. on Baseball Tonight on ESPN.
Before ESPN launches its Major League pre-season coverage Thursday, it will broadcast live the World Baseball Classic Final tonight at 9 p.m. The United States and Puerto Rico will face off for this year’s title live on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. The broadcast begins at 9 p.m. ET.
The United States made its way to the Final after defeating Japan 2 – 1 Tuesday. The game marks the team’s first-ever time it has reached the Final.
The re-match against Puerto Rico will not be an easy contest for the Americans. That is because Puerto Rico is undefeated in the tournament at 7 – 0. Marcus Stroman is expected to get the start in tonight’s game for the United States while Seth Lugo is scheduled to take the mound for Puerto Rico.
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