Atlanta and New York meet at Yankee Stadium on August 8, 2026. First pitch is set for 3:05 p.m. ET (1:05 p.m. Mexico City). The Braves roll in at 70-46 (.603), while the Yankees sit at 65-51 (.560) — meaning every game in this series carries real divisional weight. Here’s everything you need to know before the first pitch.
Game Info
- Matchup: Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees
- League: MLB
- Date: August 8, 2026
- First Pitch: 3:05 p.m. ET · 1:05 p.m. Mexico City · 3:05 p.m. Caracas · 3:05 p.m. Santo Domingo
- Venue: Yankee Stadium, New York
How to Watch
🇲🇽 Mexico — 1:05 p.m.
- Canal 5 — 55 regular-season games; part of the 2026–2028 broadcast deal
- NU9VE (Canal 9) — Sunday game of the week
- ESPN — ~6 games per week
- TUDN
- Canal FOX — 5-game weekly package: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and two Saturdays
- Disney+ — 6 additional games per week + ESPN simulcast
🇻🇪 Venezuela — 3:05 p.m.
- Televén (free) — Mainly weekends; free streaming on their mobile app
- 1BASEBALL — 24-hour baseball channel, up to 3 games per day. Available via Simple, Inter and NetUno GO
- ByM Sport — 6 days a week, via Inter and Simple
- IVC — Tuesday through Sunday
- ESPN — Live and replays
- Disney+
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic — 3:05 p.m.
- Teleantillas Canal 10 (free) — 7 games per week, one per day, free. Now in its seventh consecutive year. Covers Opening Day through the full World Series, including the Futures Game, Home Run Derby, All-Star Game and the entire postseason
- ESPN
- 1BASEBALL — Via Altice
- FOX / FS1 / FS2 / FOX Deportes
- teleantillas.com.do (free)
- MLB.TV
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico — 3:05 p.m.
- WAPA Deportes (free) — Regular season (typically Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays). Exclusive island broadcast of the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby
- MLB.TV
🇺🇸 United States (Spanish-language)
- Telemundo — Carried Opening Day; 25 featured games in 2026 via Telemundo Deportes
- UniMás / TUDN — ‘MLB En Vivo’ (Tuesdays 9 p.m. ET) and ‘MLB Esta Semana’ (Saturdays 3 p.m. ET)
- Universo — Sunday Night Baseball in Spanish
- FOX Deportes — Regular season + Spanish simulcast of FOX’s postseason: Division Series, Championship Series and World Series
- ESPN Deportes — ESPN retained Spanish-language rights for its 30-game linear package
- Peacock — Sunday Night Baseball in Spanish
Local Broadcasts
- Atlanta Braves: BravesVision · direct streaming at Braves.TV · available without local blackout inside the MLB app
- New York Yankees: YES Network · direct streaming on the Gotham Sports App
A Note on MLB.TV
MLB.TV remains an out-of-market product. For 22 of 30 clubs there is a separate in-market local subscription sold inside the MLB app (~$19.99/month or ~$99.99/season) that is free of local blackouts. Games exclusive to national partners (Netflix, NBC/Peacock, Apple TV, FOX, ESPN) are not on MLB.TV — that’s not a blackout, they simply aren’t part of the package. There is no public MLB.TV blackout map for Latin American countries, so we won’t make blanket claims about blackouts in MX, VE, DR or PR.
How They’re Entering
- Atlanta Braves: 70-46 (.603)
- New York Yankees: 65-51 (.560)
Starting Pitchers
- Atlanta — Chris Sale (LHP): 12-6, 2.08 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 143 strikeouts in 117.0 innings
- New York — Gerrit Cole (RHP): 5-5, 3.42 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 78 strikeouts in 73.2 innings
Keys to the Game
Atlanta comes to the Bronx as the clear favorite, both in the standings and on the mound. Sale’s 2.08 ERA is the kind of number that makes opposing lineups nervous — he’s been one of the sharpest starters in baseball this season. Cole is no slouch, but his 3.42 ERA puts him at a real disadvantage in this matchup. For New York, keeping the Braves off the board early is the only path to a win that matters for the division race.
This article will be updated after the final out with the result, key plays and a video recap.
