The Cardinals and Dodgers meet on September 3, 2026 at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium. First pitch is set for 10:10 p.m. ET (8:10 p.m. Mexico City / 10:10 p.m. Caracas & Santo Domingo). Here’s how to watch, how both clubs are doing, and who’s starting.
Game Info
- Matchup: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
- League: MLB
- Date: September 3, 2026
- First Pitch: 10:10 p.m. ET · 8:10 p.m. Mexico City · 10:10 p.m. Caracas · 10:10 p.m. Santo Domingo
- Venue: UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium
How to Watch
🇲🇽 Mexico — 8:10 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 — 10:10 p.m.
- Televén (free) — Mainly weekends; free streaming on their mobile app
- 1BASEBALL — 24-hour baseball channel, up to 3 games per day. Available on 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 — 10:10 p.m.
- Teleantillas Canal 10 (free) — 7 games per week, one per day, free. Seventh consecutive year. Covers Opening Day through the full World Series, including the Futures Game, Home Run Derby, All-Star Game and all of the postseason
- ESPN
- 1BASEBALL — via Altice
- FOX / FS1 / FS2 / FOX Deportes
- teleantillas.com.do (free)
- MLB.TV
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico — 10:10 p.m.
- WAPA Deportes (free) — Regular season (typically Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Exclusive island broadcast of the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby
- MLB.TV
🇺🇸 United States (Spanish-language) — 10:10 p.m. ET
- Telemundo — Aired 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 the FOX 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
- St. Louis Cardinals: Cardinals.TV Presented by bet365 · over-the-air on KMOV · direct streaming at CARDINALS.TV · available blackout-free within the MLB app for local fans
- Los Angeles Dodgers: SportsNet LA · direct streaming on SNLA+ · available blackout-free within the MLB app for local fans
A Note on MLB.TV
MLB.TV remains an out-of-market product. Twenty-two of the 30 clubs offer a separate local in-market subscription inside the MLB app (~$19.99/month or ~$99.99/season) that is blackout-free. 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 availability may vary.
How Both Teams Are Doing
- St. Louis Cardinals: 70-70 (.500)
- Los Angeles Dodgers: 82-57 (.590)
Starting Pitchers
- Cardinals — Quinn Mathews (LHP): 1-2, 5.03 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 20 strikeouts in 19.2 innings
- Dodgers — Tarik Skubal (LHP): 8-7, 2.84 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 153 strikeouts in 126.2 innings
Keys to the Game
The Dodgers are clear favorites here. At 82-57, they hold a 12-game lead over the Cardinals in the standings. Los Angeles is pushing to lock up first place; St. Louis needs a win to avoid falling further behind.
The pitching matchup heavily favors the home side. Tarik Skubal has been one of the best starters in baseball — 2.84 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 153 strikeouts — while Quinn Mathews comes in with concerning numbers: 5.03 ERA and 1.58 WHIP. That gap on the mound could go a long way toward deciding this one.
This article will be updated after the game with the final score, key plays and video highlights.
