Atlanta and Philadelphia meet at Citizens Bank Park on September 4, 2026, with first pitch set for 6:40 p.m. ET. The Braves hold a four-game edge in the NL East at 83-57 (.593) over the Phillies‘ 79-61 (.564), making this one of the more meaningful late-season matchups between these two clubs.
Game Info
- Matchup: Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies
- League: MLB
- Date: September 4, 2026
- First Pitch: 6:40 p.m. ET
- Venue: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
How to Watch
United States
- BravesVision — Atlanta’s direct-to-consumer stream, available blackout-free in-market via the MLB app (Braves.TV)
- NBCSP / NBC10 — Philadelphia’s local broadcast; also available blackout-free in-market via the MLB app (PHILLIES.TV)
- In Spanish: UniMás / TUDN (MLB En Vivo, Tuesdays 9 p.m. ET; MLB Esta Semana, Saturdays 3 p.m. ET) · ESPN Deportes (30-game linear package) · FOX Deportes · Universo (Sunday Night Baseball en español, 25 featured games in 2026)
Mexico 🇲🇽
- Canal 5 — 55 regular-season games; deal runs 2026–2028
- NU9VE (Canal 9) — Sunday game of the week
- ESPN / Disney+ — ~6 games per week; Disney+ adds 6 additional games plus ESPN simulcast
- TUDN / Canal FOX — 5-game weekly package (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, two Saturdays)
Venezuela 🇻🇪
- Televén (free) — Mainly weekends; free streaming on its mobile app
- 1BASEBALL — 24-hour baseball channel, up to 3 games/day via Simple, Inter and NetUno GO
- ByM Sport — 6 days a week via Inter and Simple
- IVC — Tuesday through Sunday
- ESPN / Disney+ — Live and replay
Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
- Teleantillas Canal 10 (free) — 7 games/week, one daily, free; seventh consecutive season; covers Opening Day through the full World Series, including the Futures Game, Home Run Derby, All-Star Game and entire postseason
- ESPN / 1BASEBALL — Via Altice
- FOX / FS1 / FS2 / FOX Deportes
- teleantillas.com.do (free stream) · MLB.TV
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
- WAPA Deportes (free) — Regular season, typically Friday–Sunday; exclusive island broadcast of the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby
- MLB.TV
A note on MLB.TV
MLB.TV remains an out-of-market product. For 22 of 30 clubs, a separate local in-market subscription is available inside the MLB app (~$19.99/month or ~$99.99/season) and is blackout-free. Games exclusive to national broadcast partners — Netflix, NBC/Peacock, Apple TV, FOX, ESPN — are not on MLB.TV; that’s a rights issue, not a technical blackout. No public blackout map exists for Latin American countries, so availability may vary.
Starting Pitchers
- Atlanta — Chris Sale (LHP): 13-9, 2.06 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 177 strikeouts, 144.0 IP
- Philadelphia — Cristopher Sánchez (LHP): 16-4, 2.52 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 202 strikeouts, 175.1 IP · from La Romana, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
What to Watch For
Philadelphia needs wins to chip into Atlanta’s four-game cushion in the NL East, so every game down the stretch matters. On the mound, this shapes up as one of the best lefty-vs-lefty duels of the late season: Sale’s 2.06 ERA is elite, but Sánchez counters with a 16-4 record and 202 punchouts — numbers that put him firmly in the Cy Young conversation.
This article will be updated after the final out with the result, key plays and a video recap.
