The Kansas City Royals visit the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on September 13, 2026. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05 p.m. ET. Here’s everything you need to know: how to watch, how both teams are doing, and who’s starting on the mound.
Game Info
- Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs. Boston Red Sox
- League: MLB
- Date: September 13, 2026
- First Pitch: 3:05 p.m. ET | 1:05 p.m. CT (Mexico City) | 3:05 p.m. Caracas | 3:05 p.m. Santo Domingo
- Venue: Fenway Park, Boston
How to Watch
🇲🇽 Mexico — 1:05 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 — 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 / Disney+ — Live and on-demand
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic — 3:05 p.m.
- Teleantillas Canal 10 (free) — 7 games per week, one daily, 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 — 3:05 p.m.
- WAPA Deportes (free) — Regular season (typically Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays). All-Star Game exclusive broadcast on the island, plus the Home Run Derby
- MLB.TV
🇺🇸 United States (Spanish-language)
- Telemundo — Carried Opening Day; select games throughout the season
- 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; 25 featured games in 2026 via Telemundo Deportes
- FOX Deportes — Regular season and Spanish-language 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
- Kansas City Royals: Royals.TV · over-the-air on KCTV5 / KSMO · direct streaming at ROYALS.TV · available without local blackout inside the MLB app
- Boston Red Sox: NESN · direct streaming on NESN 360
A Note on MLB.TV
MLB.TV remains an out-of-market product. For 22 of 30 clubs, there is a separate local in-market subscription sold inside the MLB app (approximately $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 included in MLB.TV. That’s not a blackout in the technical sense; those games simply aren’t part of the package. No public MLB.TV blackout map exists for Latin American countries, so availability may vary.
How Both Teams Are Standing
- Kansas City Royals: 66–83 (.443)
- Boston Red Sox: 81–68 (.544)
Starting Pitchers
- Royals — Noah Cameron (LHP): 9–8, 3.93 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 145 strikeouts in 160.1 innings
- Red Sox — Payton Tolle (LHP): 9–6, 3.15 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 159 strikeouts in 137.0 innings
Keys to the Game
Boston heads into this one at 81–68, looking to lock up their position in the standings as the regular season winds down. Kansas City, at 66–83, has already been eliminated and is playing out the string with pride on the line.
The pitching matchup tilts toward the home side. Payton Tolle brings a sharp 3.15 ERA and 1.08 WHIP into Fenway, with 159 strikeouts on the year. Noah Cameron has been solid but more hittable — a 3.93 ERA and 1.20 WHIP suggest Boston’s lineup will have its chances early.
This article will be updated after the final out with the result, key plays and a video recap.
