MLB Action on ESPN July 23

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Nationals-Yankees in Washington, then Dodgers-Giants in Los Angeles

(Image credit: Aaron Kee/ESPN Images)

ESPN has the two games that kick off the delayed Major League Baseball season July 23. The Washington Nationals and New York Yankees face off at 7:08 p.m. ET at Nationals Park in Washington. Gerrit Cole is on the mound for the New Yorkers and Max Scherzer is pitching for the Nationals. 

Dr. Anthony Fauci is throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. 

At 10:08 p.m. ET July 23, and 7:08 local time, the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants on ESPN. Clayton Kershaw pitches for the Dodgers and Johnny Cueto is on the hill for San Francisco. 

MLB teams will play 60-game schedules in 2020. There are 14 more games on July 24. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.