For the second time this weekend, Phillies followers should pull up a streaming service to observe the staff tackle the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Sunday’s 11:35 a.m. recreation — the earliest begin time within the historical past of Residents Financial institution Park — will stream completely on the Roku Channel, a free ad-supported streaming TV platform (often known as a FAST channel). You don’t must personal a Roku machine to stream the sport, as Roku Channel is on the market to obtain on a bunch of streaming units and good TVs.
“If you happen to personal a Roku TV or machine, the sport can be out there there. It’ll be simple to seek out,” mentioned Joe Franzetta, Roku’s head of sports activities. “However should you do have a Samsung or an LG or one other model of TV, your capability to observe this recreation is identical. You simply obtain the Roku Channel app and it’ll be entrance and heart.”
It’s the fifth recreation for Roku’s Sunday Leadoff bundle, a sequence of unique, early-morning Sunday video games that streamed on Peacock final season. The bundle, which can run by the 2026 season, is a component of a bigger transfer into sports activities by Roku that features aggregated channels of content material separated by leagues like MLB and the NFL.
You may by no means have heard of the Roku Channel, but it surely’s among the many hottest streaming companies within the nation, with over 80 million month-to-month streaming households, in each home and international markets. In Could it averaged extra month-to-month viewers than Max, Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple TV+, in response to Nielsen, with a spread of content material that features motion pictures, TV sequence, and a few unique programming.
“It seems viewers like free,” Franzetta mentioned.
How do I stream at present’s Phillies recreation on Roku?
An important factor to know is in contrast to Apple TV+, Roku Channel is a free streaming service supported by promoting. In truth, you don’t even must create an account to observe the sport.
You additionally don’t want a Roku machine to tune in. The Roku Channel app is on the market to obtain on most streaming units (however not Apple TV), and the sport shouldn’t be arduous to seek out.
“Discovering the sport can be a click on or two away, relying on precisely the place you’re coming from,” mentioned Drew Adams, Roku’s director of sports activities. ”That ease and discoverability is a key worth driver for us.”
You may as well watch the sport instantly on the Roku Channel’s web site, no login or subscription required. Out-of-town Phillies followers can watch the sport on MLB.TV while not having an added subscription, and the sport is blackout free.
Cristopher Sánchez (4-3, 2.91 ERA), who agreed to a four-year contract extension Saturday, will take the mound for the Phillies Sunday. He’ll face Diamondbacks righty Slade Cecconi (2-5, 5.90 ERA), who’s coming off one of the best begin of his younger profession, pitching six scoreless innings in a shutout win in opposition to the Washington Nationals final week.
Phillies announcer Tom McCarthy can be within the sales space
For the third straight recreation, longtime Phillies announcer Tom McCarthy can be calling the sport for a distinct service.
McCarthy known as the Phillies’ Friday night time loss in opposition to the Diamondbacks on Apple TV+. On Saturday, he was again on NBC Sports activities Philadelphia alongside John Kruk calling the staff’s 12-1 blowout win.
Sunday he’ll be on Roku Channel calling the Phillies alongside former knuckleball pitcher Tom Candiotti, a former ESPN announcer and radio analyst on Diamondback video games. Jody Jackson, a reporter for Diamondbacks TV broadcasts, will deal with reporting duties at Residents Financial institution Park.
McCarthy and Candiotti will even host Roku Channel’s pregame present starting at 11:15 a.m. and a postgame present following the sport.
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Upcoming Phillies TV schedule
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Phillies at Detroit Tigers
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Sport 1: Monday, 6:40 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Sport 2: Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Sport 3: Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Miami Marlins at Phillies
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Sport 1: Thursday, 6:20 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Sport 2: Friday, 6:20 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Sport 3: Saturday, 4:05 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Sport 4: Sunday, June 30, 1:30 p.m. ((NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Phillies at Chicago Cubs
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Sport 1: July 2, 8:05 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Sport 2: July 3, 8:05 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
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Sport 3: July 4, 2:20 p.m. (NBC Sports activities Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)