The Philadelphia Phillies kept their three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates going on May 17 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, with first pitch set for 1:35 p.m. Zack Wheeler was scheduled to start for Philadelphia, while Paul Skenes was lined up for Pittsburgh.
Wheeler entered the game 2-0 with a 2.55 ERA. Skenes came in 6-2 with a 1.98 ERA. That matchup gave the afternoon a little extra edge, even before the first pitch was thrown.
The game was part of a Phillies viewing guide that also laid out where fans could watch and listen this season. The opener was on NBCSP, with radio coverage on 94WIP and WDEL 101.7 FM/1150 AM. NBCSP also streamed the game on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com and the NBCSP app for viewers in the Philadelphia television market, and the network was available on FuboTV, Hulu, Peacock and YouTube TV. Fans with streaming packages could also watch on PHILLIES.TV, while the radio call could be streamed through MLB Audio.
The broader schedule shows how often Philadelphia is scattered across platforms this year. The Phillies were on Apple TV+ this season, on Netflix once this season and featured on Peacock five times this season. Apple TV+ subscriptions started at $12.99 per month, Netflix plans at $7.99 per month and Peacock subscriptions with live sports at $10.99 per month.
That makes the Pirates game just one stop in a season that asks fans to keep track of more than one screen. Philadelphia’s next listed Apple TV+ game was May 29 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at 10:15 p.m., and the club’s Field of Dreams game against the Minnesota Twins was set for Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa.
For fans, the task is simple and not especially cheap: know where the game is, know when it starts and know which service carries it. On May 17, that meant a 1:35 p.m. start in Pittsburgh and a reminder that following the Phillies can still be a moving target.
