TV sports schedule

At the start of this week, TheSportsNotebook featured the Baltimore Orioles and noted that they were starting an enormous 15-game stretch against good teams that could make or break their playoff chances. Two close losses at home to the Tampa Bay Rays are how that stretch has started out, so the stakes are high tonight in Camden Yards. And the cameras of ESPN2 are on hand, as Buck Showalter hands the ball to rotation ace Wei-Yin Chen to try and stop the bleeding in a 7 PM ET game.

MLB Network will split its coverage on Tuesday night, but whether you get the American League game or the National League option, you’re going to have a big battle in the playoff race. It’s Rays-Orioles from Camden Yards, and Diamondbacks-Reds suiting up on the banks of the Ohio River, starting at 7 PM ET.

It’s all eyes on the Boston market tonight in the world of daily sports, as the feature game in both baseball and preseason football will be in the Hub.

I don’t know how long ago these Monday Night Baseball matchups for ESPN had to be settled on, but when you look at tonight’s game between the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees, I hope it was picked a long time ago—like, oh, I don’t know, maybe March.