ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Airs Exclusively on ABC for First Time on August 7

Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell will air exclusively on ABC for the first time in the iconic franchise’s 32-year history, August 8, at 7 p.m. ET. The American League Central-leading Chicago White Sox and reigning AL MVP Jose Abreu will visit the Chicago Cubs and Willson Contreras in the national game of the week at historic Wrigley Field.

The Sunday Night Baseball team of Matt Vasgersian, World Series Champion and analyst Alex Rodriguez, and reporter Buster Olney will provide commentary from site. The ESPN Radio voices of Sunday Night Baseball, Jon “Boog” Sciambi and Chris Singleton, will describe the action over the airwaves with coverage beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday Night Baseball is also available in Spanish on ESPN Deportes.

In 2020, ABC aired its first MLB Postseason game in 25 years (since 1995) during the MLB Wild Card Series, produced by ESPN. The Sunday Night Baseball telecast will feature flashbacks to memorable MLB on ABC moments as well as tributes to some of the greats to call MLB on ABC games, including 2021 Ford C. Frick Award-winner Al Michaels, who will briefly join Vasgersian, Rodriguez, and Olney remotely during the telecast to reminisce about MLB on ABC.

Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown  will precede Sunday Night Baseball at 6 p.m. on ESPN. Karl Ravech hosts Baseball Tonight, with analyst Eduardo Perez and  Senior MLB Insider Jeff Passan, plus additional contributions from reporter Jesse Rogers. BBTN Live, ESPN’s digital MLB pregame show, will stream on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the ESPN App at 6:30 p.m. Phil Murphy will host with Joon Lee and Clinton Yates. The trio will preview Sunday Night Baseball, discuss the White Sox’s chances of winning the AL Pennant and react to the Cubs’ trade deadline moves.