MLB Tuesday on TBS Leads Off 2024 Season with Superstars Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Bryce Harper, Elly De La Cruz & Wilmer Flores in Blockbuster Doubleheader on Tuesday, April 2

Cincinnati Reds & De La Cruz to Visit Philadelphia Phillies & Harper at 6:30 p.m. ET; Los Angeles Dodgers & Ohtani to Host San Francisco Giants & Flores at 10 p.m. 

Regular Season to Feature Studio Team of Ernie Johnson & Lauren Shehadi as Hosts, Alongside Pedro Martinez, Jimmy Rollins & Curtis Granderson    

Brian Anderson, Bob Costas & Don Orsillo to Contribute as Play-by-Play Announcers, Ron Darling & Jeff Francoeur to Provide Game Analysis Throughout Regular Season 

TNT Sports will lead off the 2024 MLB Tuesday on TBS regular season with some of the biggest names in the game, as Shohei Ohtani makes his highly anticipated debut alongside Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles Dodgers up against Wilmer Flores, Mike Yastrzemski and the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, April 2 at 10 p.m. ET. Brian Anderson will provide play-by-play for the night’s action, along with commentary from Jeff Francoeur. 

Getting the night’s doubleheader started will be Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos and the Philadelphia Phillies hosting 2023 break-out star Elly De La Cruz, Jonathan India and the Cincinnati Reds at 6:30 p.m. On the call will be Don Orsillo with commentary from Ron Darling.  

Game coverage on TBS throughout the season will begin with a 30-minute MLB on TBS Leadoff pregame show hosted by Ernie Johnson or Lauren Shehadi, featuring Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, MVP & World Series Champion Jimmy Rollins and three-time All-Star Curtis Granderson, now in their fifth season together. The MLB on TBS Closer postgame show will wrap up each night’s coverage with news, highlights, interviews and analysis from around baseball.  

Entering its third season of Tuesday night coverage, TBS will televise 26 Tuesday night regular season games and will be the exclusive home of the 2024 ALDS and ALCS. Game selections for MLB on TBS Tuesday’s first half of the season can be found here. 

Bleacher Report and its MLB-focused vertical, B/R Walk-Off, will provide round-the-clock coverage and original programming throughout the season including new live shows in the B/R app and batting practice Q&A’s direct from the field of some of the season’s biggest games.   

 
Bleacher Report’s On Base with Mookie Betts also returns this season as the Dodgers shortstop interviews current MLB players, for an up-close and personal look at their lives on and off the field.  

MLB on TBS Programming Next Week:  

Date                               Time (ET)                   Program / Commentators                                       Platform 

Tue, Apr. 2                     6 p.m.                        MLB on TBS Leadoff                                                    TBS 

                                                                       Pedro Martinez, Jimmy Rollins,

                                                                       Curtis Granderson & Lauren Shehadi    

                                       6:30 p.m.                   Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia Phillies                    TBS

                                                                        Don Orsillo & Ron Darling    

                                       10 p.m.                     San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers          TBS

                                                                       Brian Anderson & Jeff Francoeur  

                                      Postgame                MLB on TBS Closer                                                          TBS

                                                                       Martinez, Rollins, Granderson & Shehadi   

Note: TBS game telecasts will not be available in the local participating markets.