The Los Angeles Dodgers head to Cincinnati to face the Reds at Great American Ball Park on September 15, 2026. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. ET. Here’s how to watch, how both teams are doing, and who’s starting.
Game Info
- Matchup: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds
- League: MLB
- Date: September 15, 2026
- First Pitch: 6:40 p.m. ET
- Venue: Great American Ball Park
How to Watch
Local Broadcasts
- Los Angeles Dodgers: SportsNet LA — also available via direct streaming on SNLA+, with no local blackout inside the MLB app.
- Cincinnati Reds: Reds.TV — also on over-the-air WXIX Fox19, with direct streaming on REDS.TV and no local blackout inside the MLB app.
United States (Spanish-language)
- Telemundo — Carried the Opening Day broadcast; 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 / Peacock — Sunday Night Baseball in Spanish
- FOX Deportes — Regular season plus Spanish simulcast of FOX’s postseason coverage (Division Series, Championship Series, World Series)
- ESPN Deportes — ESPN retained Spanish-language rights for its 30-game linear package
México 🇲🇽 — 4:40 p.m. CT
- Canal 5 — 55 regular-season games; deal runs 2026–2028
- 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 🇻🇪 — 6:40 p.m. VET
- Televén (free) — Primarily weekends; free streaming on its 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 / Disney+ — Live and on-demand
Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 — 6:40 p.m. AST
- Teleantillas Canal 10 (free) — 7 games per week, one per day, free to air. Now in its seventh consecutive year. Coverage runs from 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 streaming)
- MLB.TV
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 — 6:40 p.m. AST
- WAPA Deportes (free) — Regular season, typically Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. 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), which carries no local blackout. Games exclusive to national partners — Netflix, NBC/Peacock, Apple TV, FOX, ESPN — are not part of the MLB.TV package; that’s not a blackout, they simply aren’t included. No public blackout map by Latin American country exists for MLB.TV.
How Both Teams Are Doing
- Los Angeles Dodgers: 91-59 (.607)
- Cincinnati Reds: 70-80 (.467)
Starting Pitchers
- Dodgers — Yoshinobu Yamamoto (RHP): 13-8, 2.62 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 171 strikeouts in 172.0 innings
- Reds — Rhett Lowder (RHP): 6-10, 5.81 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 94 strikeouts in 119.1 innings
Keys to the Game
The 91-59 Dodgers arrive in Cincinnati looking to protect their position as the regular season winds down. The Reds, sitting at 70-80, need wins to avoid finishing on a sour note.
The pitching matchup tells the story clearly. Yamamoto has been one of the best starters in the league — 2.62 ERA, 0.88 WHIP — while Lowder has had a rough season at 5.81 ERA and 1.53 WHIP. The gap between them is hard to overstate.
This article will be updated after the final out with the result, key plays and a video recap.
