TBS Announces Commentators for Upcoming Division Series Games
Network to Exclusively Televise Up to 18 Division Series Games
Following tonight’s exclusive TBS presentation of the first-ever, single-elimination Wild Card presented by Budweiser on Friday – Atlanta hosting St. Louis at 5 p.m. ET; Baltimore visiting Texas at 8:30 p.m. – the network’s Division Series coverage will begin tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 6, with a doubleheader. The Oakland Athletics will visit the Detroit Tigers at 6 p.m. and the San Francisco Giants will host the Cincinnati Reds at 9:30 p.m., both games marking the first meeting of their respective best-of-five series. MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart will precede live game coverage at 4:30 p.m.
TBS will exclusively televise up to 18 Division Series games and the American League Championship Series coverage on TBS presented by the Capital One Cash Rewards Card. The network’s commentator pairings for the first four days of the Division Series:
| Date | Time (ET) | Games/Commentator Teams |
| Saturday, Oct. 6 | 5:30 p.m. | MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart Matt Winer, Dennis Eckersley and David Wells |
| 6 p.m. | ALDS Game 1: Oakland at Detroit
Don Orsillo, Buck Martinez and Jaime Maggio |
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| 9:30 p.m. | NLDS Game 1: Cincinnati at San Francisco
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Joe Simpson and Tom Verducci |
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| Post-game | Inside MLB presented by Captain Morgan
Winer, Eckersley and Wells |
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| Sunday, Oct. 7 | 2:30 p.m. | MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart Winer, Eckersley and Wells |
| 3 p.m. | NLDS Game 1: Washington at St. Louis/Atlanta
Dick Stockton, Bob Brenly, David Aldridge |
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| 6:15 p.m. | ALDS Game 1: New York at Baltimore/Texas
Ernie Johnson, John Smoltz, Cal Ripken and Craig Sager |
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9:30 p.m. | NLDS Game 2: Cincinnati at San Francisco
Anderson, Darling, Simpson and Verducci |
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Post-game | Inside MLB presented by Captain Morgan
Winer, Eckersley and Wells |
| Monday, Oct. 8 | 4 p.m. | MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart Winer, Eckersley and Wells |
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4:30 p.m. | NLDS Game 2: Washington at St. Louis/Atlanta
Stockton, Brenly, Aldridge |
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8 p.m. | ALDS Game 2: New York at Baltimore/Texas
Johnson, Smoltz, Ripken, Sager |
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Post-game | Inside MLB presented by Captain Morgan
Winer, Eckersley and Wells |
| Tuesday, Oct. 9 | 5 p.m. | MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart Winer, Eckersley and Wells |
| 5:30 p.m. | NLDS Game 3: San Francisco at Cincinnati
Anderson, Darling, Simpson, Verducci |
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9 p.m. | ALDS Game 3: Detroit at Oakland
Orsillo, Martinez, Maggio |
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Post-game | Inside MLB presented by Captain Morgan
Winer, Eckersley and Wells |
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