Monday, April 28, 2025

MLB on Fox: On Deck | "Baseball Night in America" returns for another season on Fox with regional coverage of Dodgers vs. Braves & Royals vs. Orioles - Saturday, May 3 beginning at 7:00 PM (ET) on Fox

The logo that is currently used for "Baseball Night in America" telecasts on the Fox broadcast network.

Monday, April 28, 2025

This week's MLB on Fox: On Deck highlights (Saturday, May 3) include:
  • Baseball Night In America Is Back!: Fox is set to bring back the longtime MLB on Fox staple, "Baseball Night in America", for the 14th straight season, beginning this Saturday (May 3) with regional coverage of Dodgers vs. Braves and Royals vs. Orioles, starting at 7:00 PM (ET).
  • Saturday Afternoon Baseball On FS1: Prior to Fox's Saturday night MLB coverage, FS1 will present a American League matchup during the late afternoon Saturday timeslot as the Minnesota Twins take on the Boston Red Sox at 4:00 PM (ET).
  • Twins, Red Sox Look To Continue Winning Ways at Historic Fenway Park: Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins continue their road trip in Boston against Kristian Campbell and the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, May 3 at 4:00 PM (ET) on FS1.
  • Two Longtime NL Powerhouses Clash in Atlanta: In a matchup of two teams from the 2024 MLB Postseason, Mookie Betts and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers compete against Ozzie Albies and the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, May 3 at 7:00 PM (ET) on Fox.
  • Baltimore Plays Host to 2024 ALWC Re-Match: Royals vs. Orioles: Last season, Oriole Park at Camden Yards hosted the 2024 American League Wild Card Series between the Royals & Orioles (Kansas City won in a two-game series sweep). Now, Cedric Mullins and the Baltimore Orioles look for some revenge against Salvador Pérez and the Kansas City Royals  on Saturday, May 3 at 7:00 PM (ET) on Fox.

With the 2025 MLB season well underway by this stage, Fox Sports returns with additional coverage of the regular season this Saturday, May 3, with baseball action during the afternoon on FS1 (4:00 PM ET) and then in primetime on Fox (7:00 PM ET). As a side note, this week marks the return of Fox's "Baseball Night in America" primetime series, a Saturday night package of MLB games that Fox shows during the Saturday primetime slot. Let's dig a little more into this Saturday's slate of games on FOX Sports.

The "Fox Saturday Baseball" slate on FOX Sports commences this Saturday at 4:00 PM (ET) on FS1. Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins visit Fenway Park for a weekend series against Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox. Saturday's FS1 broadcast will be the second game of a three-game series. 🎙 Saturday's Twins vs. Red Sox game presentation on FS1 will be handled by play-by-play commentator Kevin Kugler and analyst Tom Verducci.

Then, the Fox broadcast network takes center stage at 7:00 PM (ET) with the season premiere of "Baseball Night in America". Furthermore, Fox has two great matchups to kick off this season's BNIA package. Your local FOX station will be receiving either Dodgers at Braves or Royals at Orioles. As a reminder, please EITHER check your local listings or the bottom section of this article to find out which markets will be getting which game on Saturday evening.

Shohei Ohtani and the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers travel to Atlanta for a Saturday game against Austin Riley and the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, May 3 at 7:00 PM (ET) on Fox. Saturday's Dodgers-Braves game is the second game of a three-game series between these clubs. Previously, the Dodgers & Braves played a three-game series against each other at Dodger Stadium in late March/early April, with Los Angeles sweeping Atlanta in three straight games. 🎙 Play-by-play commentator Adam Amin provides commentary for Dodgers-Braves alongside Hall of Famer John Smoltz (analyst) and reporter Ken Rosenthal.

Two clubs that met in last year's postseason do battle again in a Saturday primetime match from Baltimore as Maikel Garcia and the Kansas City Royals take on Jackson Holliday and the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, May 3 at 7:00 PM (ET) on Fox. This is the second series of the season between these 2024 postseason clubs. Kansas City took two of three games from the O's in early April over at Kaffuman Stadium in Kansas City. 🎙 Jason Benetti (play-by-play) & AJ Pierzynski (analyst) have the call of the Royals-Orioles Saturday night primetime presentation on Fox.

Note: Due to inclement weather, the "Baseball Night in America" schedule for this week had to be changed. Please check out the bottom of this article to find out how the coverage was impacted by rain for both of the scheduled games (Dodgers-Braves and Royals-Orioles).

For more information about this year's MLB on Fox Schedule and the weekly 506 Sports maps that I use for these articles, please consult these links below:

🖇 Links Mentioned:
This week's broadcasting schedule and commentator assignments for the MLB on Fox can be found below. All information is subject to change.
  • MLB on Fox: On Deck | MLB Broadcast Schedule & Regionalization (Fox, FS1) | Saturday, May 3, 2025
- 4:00 PM ET (FS1):
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. Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox (Distribution: National) - Kevin Kugler & Tom Verducci - FS1

- 7:00 PM ET (Fox):
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. Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles (Distribution: National) - Jason Benetti & AJ Pierzynski - Fox
- 100% of Markets Include: ALL

- Note: Originally scheduled to air on Fox at 7:15 PM (ET) for 10% of the country, as the "regional" broadcast.

The Royals-Orioles game essentially became the "national" telecast due to the Dodgers-Braves rain delay. Also keep in mind that Royals-Orioles had a rain delay midway through, with the Fox studio team of Kevin Burkhardt & Dontrelle Willis hosting "whiparound" coverage of other MLB games going on at the time.

- 10:20 PM ET (FS2 | Fox in Los Angeles & Atlanta):
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. Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves (Distribution: National) - Adam Amin, John Smoltz, & Ken Rosenthal - FS2/Fox
- 100% of Markets Include: ALL | FS2 for most of the country, Fox for Los Angeles (Dodgers) & Atlanta (Braves)

- Note: Originally scheduled to air on Fox at 7:15 PM (ET) for 90% of the country, as the "primary" broadcast.

Start time delayed three hours due to rain.


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