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TNT Sports Loads Up Additional September MLB Tuesday Game Coverage, Debuts New Whip-Around Show on truTV & Max Leading into Postseason Action

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Hosted by Alanna Rizzo, MLB Race to the Pennant Whip-Around Show –– Premiering Tonight on truTV & Max at 7 p.m. ET –– to Offer Fans Highlights & Commentary with Live Look-Ins from Around League 

MLB Tuesday Coverage on TBS, truTV & Max to Expand with Doubleheaders throughout Final Stretch of Regular Season with Playoff Implications: Sept. 10 (Orioles at Red Sox & Cubs at Dodgers), Sept. 17 (Phillies at Brewers & Astros at Padres) & Sept. 24 (Orioles at Yankees & Padres at Dodgers) 

Tonight on TBS: Jarren Duran & Boston Red Sox Visit Francisco Lindor & New York Mets as Both Clubs Make Push for Wild Card Spot, Starting at 7 p.m.  

The race towards MLB’s postseason is heating up this month and TNT Sports is lighting up all its platforms to spotlight the biggest stars and best moments in baseball, ahead of TNT Sports’ exclusive presentation of the ALDS & ALCS starting Saturday, Oct. 5 on TBS, truTV and Max

TNT Sports will expand its scope of coverage of the frenetic pennant races with the premiere of MLB Race to the Pennant on truTV and Max. Starting tonight at 7 p.m. ET and every Tuesday in September, host Alanna Rizzo, with analyst Yonder Alonso and others, will take fans around the League, highlighting the biggest moments and plays during the final stretch of the regular season, with live game look-ins.   

Tonight’s MLB Tuesday game coverage on TBS and Max will feature the Boston Red Sox battling the New York Mets at 7p.m., with both clubs hoping to make a push for the final Wild Card spot in their respective leagues. 

TNT Sports has added additional games to its schedule throughout the rest of the month on both TBS and truTV, spotlighting the stars and teams that will be making noise his fall: 

  • On Sept. 10 on TBS and Max, the Red Sox host Gunner Henderson and the Baltimore Orioles at 7 p.m., followed by NL MVP favorite Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers going up against Cody Bellinger and the Chicago Cubs at 10 p.m.;  
  • On Tuesday, Sept. 17, two division leaders will square off as the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers play the NL East-leading Philadelphia Philles at 7:30 p.m. on TBS and Max. Later at 9:30 p.m. on truTV and Max, the AL West-leading Houston Astros visit the San Diego Padres, currently firmly in the NL Wild Card picture; 
  • In the final night of regular season coverage on TBS and Max (Sept. 24), the Orioles take on the New York Yankees at 7 p.m. in a race for top spot in the AL East, followed by an NL West showdown as Ohtani and the Dodgers host Manny Machado and the Padres at 10 p.m. 

 

MLB Tuesdays Sept. Schedule across TBS, truTV & Max: 

Date  Time (ET)  Program/Game & Commentators  Platform 
Tuesday, Sept. 3  6:30 p.m.   

MLB Leadoff   

Curtis Granderson, Pedro Martinez, Jimmy Rollins & Greg Amsinger 

TBS, Max 
  7-11 p.m. 

MLB Race to the Pennant  

Alanna Rizzo & Yonder Alonso  

truTV, Max 
  7 p.m. 

Boston Red Sox* at New York Mets* 

Brian Anderson & Jeff Francoeur  

TBS, Max 

 

  Postgame   

MLB Closer   

Granderson, Martinez, Rollins, & Amsinger 

TBS, Max 

 

Tuesday, Sept. 10  6:30 p.m.    MLB Leadoff    TBS, Max 
  7-11 p.m.  MLB Race to the Pennant  truTV, Max 
  7 p.m.  Baltimore Orioles* at Boston Red Sox*  TBS, Max 
  10 p.m.   Chicago Cubs* at Los Angeles Dodgers*  TBS, Max 
  Postgame    MLB Closer    TBS, Max 
Tuesday, Sept. 17  7 p.m.    MLB Leadoff    TBS, Max 
  7-9:30 p.m.  MLB Race to the Pennant   truTV, Max 
  7:30 p.m.  Philadelphia Phillies* at Milwaukee Brewers*  TBS, Max 
  9:30 p.m.   Houston Astros* at San Diego Padres*  truTV, Max 
  Postgame    MLB Closer    TBS, Max 
Tuesday, Sept. 24  6:30 p.m.    MLB Leadoff    TBS, Max 
  7-9:30 p.m.  MLB Race to the Pennant   truTV, Max 
  7 p.m.  Baltimore Orioles* at New York Yankees*  TBS, Max 
  9:30 p.m.   San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers*  TBS, Max 
  Postgame    MLB Closer    TBS, Max 

*Game telecast will not be available in the indicated local market.  

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