The Phillies and Mets meet at Citi Field on September 20, 2026, with first pitch set for 1:10 p.m. ET. Philadelphia comes in at 85-70 (.548), still pushing for position in the final stretch of the season. New York sits at 71-84 (.458), playing out the string. Here’s who’s starting, how to watch and what to expect.
Game Info
- Matchup: Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets
- League: MLB
- Date: September 20, 2026
- First Pitch: 1:10 p.m. ET
- Venue: Citi Field, New York
How to Watch
United States
- Phillies local: NBCSP · NBC10 (select games) · PHILLIES.TV · MLB app (no local blackout)
- Mets local: WPIX / PIX 11 · SNY · MLB app (no local blackout)
- In Spanish (US): Telemundo · UniMás / TUDN · Universo (Sunday Night Baseball en español) · FOX Deportes · ESPN Deportes · Peacock
Mexico 🇲🇽 — 11:10 a.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 (Tue, Thu, Fri + two Saturdays)
- Disney+ — 6 additional games per week + ESPN simulcast
Venezuela 🇻🇪 — 1:10 p.m.
- Televén (free) — Mainly weekends; free streaming on their 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+
Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 — 1:10 p.m.
- Teleantillas Canal 10 (free) — 7 games per week, one per day, free. 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 all of the postseason.
- ESPN
- 1BASEBALL — via Altice
- FOX / FS1 / FS2 / FOX Deportes
- teleantillas.com.do (free)
- MLB.TV
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 — 1:10 p.m.
- WAPA Deportes (free) — Regular season, typically Fri–Sun. 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. Twenty-two of the 30 clubs offer a separate local in-market subscription inside the MLB app (~$19.99/month or ~$99.99/season) with no local blackout. Games exclusive to national broadcast partners — Netflix, NBC/Peacock, Apple TV, FOX, ESPN — are not available on MLB.TV; that’s a rights issue, not a blackout. No public MLB.TV blackout map exists for Latin American countries.
Starting Pitchers
- Philadelphia — Cristopher Sánchez (LHP, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, from La Romana): 17-6, 2.93 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 215 strikeouts in 193.2 innings
- New York — Jonah Tong (RHP): 2-1, 3.43 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 20 strikeouts in 21.0 innings
Keys to the Game
Sánchez is the story here. A 17-win season with a sub-3.00 ERA is ace-level stuff, and he’ll be the biggest reason Philadelphia is favored on the road. Tong has been solid in a small sample — a 1.19 WHIP is nothing to dismiss — but the workload gap between the two starters is enormous. The Phillies need wins to lock down their spot; the Mets are playing for pride.
This article will be updated after the final out with the result, key plays and video highlights.
