Overview
- The two Friday Night Baseball games on Friday, Aug. 28 are only available on Apple TV+, with first pitches set for 7:15 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium and Rogers Centre.
- MLB and Apple have scheduled 50 Friday Night Baseball games for 2026 and confirmed the Aug. 28 doubleheader as part of that package.
- Expected starters reported for the Aug. 28 openers are Cam Schlittler for the Yankees and Patrick Sandoval for the Red Sox, plus Dylan Cease for the Blue Jays and Emerson Hancock for the Mariners.
- New viewers can start a seven-day Apple TV trial then pay a monthly fee commonly reported as $12.99 to continue watching; the Apple TV app runs on smart TVs, Roku, Fire TV, game consoles and web browsers.
- Regional and national broadcasters return for adjacent games with the Yankees–Red Sox doubleheader on Saturday airing Game 1 on NESN and Game 2 on Fox with streaming on NESN 360 and fubo, and Boston announced Jarren Duran batting eighth for the opener.