The Cleveland Guardians head to Fenway Park to face the Boston Red Sox on September 23, 2026. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. ET. With October right around the corner, both clubs need this one — here’s everything you need to know before the game starts.
Game Info
- Matchup: Cleveland Guardians vs Boston Red Sox
- League: MLB
- Date: September 23, 2026
- First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. ET
- Venue: Fenway Park, Boston
Where to Watch
🇺🇸 United States (local broadcasts)
- Cleveland Guardians: CLEG (MLB Local Media) · over-the-air on WKYC · live streaming at CLEGUARDIANS.TV · available without local blackout inside the MLB app
- Boston Red Sox: NESN / NESN+ · live streaming via NESN 360
🇺🇸 United States (Spanish-language)
- Telemundo — Aired 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 — Sunday Night Baseball in Spanish
- FOX Deportes — Regular season plus Spanish simulcast of FOX postseason (Division Series, Championship Series, World Series)
- ESPN Deportes — ESPN retained Spanish-language rights for its 30-game linear package
- Peacock — Sunday Night Baseball in Spanish
🇲🇽 Mexico — 5:10 p.m. CT
- Canal 5 — 55 regular-season games; 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 — 7:10 p.m.
- Televén (free) — Primarily 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 on-demand replays
- Disney+
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic — 7:10 p.m.
- Teleantillas Canal 10 (free) — 7 games per week, one daily, free of charge. Now in its seventh consecutive season. 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 stream)
- MLB.TV
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico — 7:10 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
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 carries no local blackout. Games exclusive to national partners (Netflix, NBC/Peacock, Apple TV, FOX, ESPN) are not included in MLB.TV — that’s not a blackout, they simply aren’t part of the package. No public MLB.TV blackout map exists for Latin American countries.
How Both Teams Are Sitting
- Cleveland Guardians: 82-75 (.522)
- Boston Red Sox: 84-73 (.535)
Boston holds a two-game edge in the standings, and with the calendar flipping toward October, every win carries extra weight. The Red Sox are looking to lock down their playoff spot; the Guardians need to keep winning to stay alive.
Starting Pitchers
- Cleveland — Foster Griffin (LHP): 15-5, 3.67 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 151 strikeouts in 166.2 innings
- Boston — Sonny Gray (RHP): 17-5, 2.82 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 146 strikeouts in 163.0 innings
The pitching matchup leans Boston’s way. Sonny Gray has been one of the best starters in the American League — 17 wins, a 2.82 ERA, and a 1.16 WHIP tell that story clearly. Griffin has been solid all year, but Gray has the edge in both run prevention and command heading into tonight.
This article will be updated after the final out with the score, key plays, and a video recap.
