NBC Sports Presents All 15 Games Live Nationally, an MLB First, on Special "Star-Spangled Sunday" Across NBC, Peacock, and NBCSN This Sunday, July 5

NBC Sports presents a special “Star-Spangled Sunday” this Sunday, July 5, with all 30 MLB teams in action throughout the day on NBC, Peacock, and NBCSN — the first time a media company has presented all 15 MLB games nationally in a single day. The schedule is highlighted by marquee divisional matchups, MVPs and All-Stars, and enhanced viewing options for fans.

“Star-Spangled Sunday” coverage begins at Noon ET with the first of two games on NBC and Peacock, as three-time All-Star Matt Olson and the Atlanta Braves host four-time All-Star Juan Soto and the New York Mets in an NL East showdown on MLB Sunday Leadoff. In primetime, four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers square off against seven-time All-Star Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres in an NL West matchup on Sunday Night Baseball at 7 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

All 15 Games Live on Peacock: Between the two matchups on NBC/Peacock, 12 games will be presented on Peacock beginning at 1 p.m. ET when two-time NL All-Star outfielder Bryan Reynolds and the Pittsburgh Pirates visit 2025 NL All-Star outfielder James Wood and the Washington Nationals. In the nightcap, at 9:30 p.m. ET, Zach Neto and the Los Angeles Angels host Willson Contreras and the Boston Red Sox on Peacock and NBCSN. 

The “Star-Spangled Sunday” afternoon slate on Peacock features a trio of marquee divisional matchups, including Chicago White Sox-Cleveland Guardians (2 p.m. ET), St. Louis Cardinals-Chicago Cubs (2:30 p.m. ET), and San Francisco Giants-Colorado Rockies (4 p.m. ET).

“MLB Multiview” on Peacock: Fans streaming on Peacock won’t have to miss a moment during “Star-Spangled Sunday” on July 5, as MLB Multiview will allow them to watch up to four games simultaneously on web and living room devices. Available from Noon to 8:00 p.m. ET, with the first multi-game window beginning at 1 p.m. ET, a curated four-box Multiview will feature the 14 out of the 15 matchups happening concurrently that day, allowing viewers to easily navigate between games, switch audio, and select any game to watch in full screen for a deeper dive into the action. MLB fans joining late can use the “Catch Up with Key Plays” feature to swipe up and see a playlist of critical moments of the game.

NBCUniversal Celebrates Fourth of July: NBC Sports’ “Star-Spangled Sunday” is part of NBCUniversal’s robust Fourth of July holiday weekend lineup. The lineup includes the final two rounds of the U.S. Senior Open Golf Championship on Saturday, July 4, at 2 p.m. ET and Sunday, July 5, at 3 p.m. ET; USA Track & Field in action at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, July 4, at 5 p.m. ET; July 4 coverage of Sail4th 250’s marquee events in the New York Harbor — the largest maritime and aerial gathering in U.S. history — led by the International Parade of Sail from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Show at 8 p.m. ET.

SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL: PADRES-DODGERS (7 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock)

Four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani and the first-place, two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers host seven-time All-Star Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres in the “Star-Spangled Sunday” edition of Sunday Night Baseball at 7 p.m. ET from Dodger Stadium on NBC and Peacock. 1988 World Series MVP and NL Cy Young Award winner Orel Hershiser and 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy join play-by-play voice Jason Benetti on the call of Padres-Dodgers.

Ahmed Fareed will host the pregame show alongside CC Sabathia, who will also provide “Inside the Pitch” commentary. During crucial at-bats in the game, Sabathia will provide insight into the pitcher’s throw-by-throw approach against a hitter.

The first-place Dodgers own MLB’s best record at 55-30, while the Padres sit second in the NL West at 43-40. Los Angeles leads the majors in batting average (.264), quality starts (47), and pitching wins (55), and ranks second with 758 hits and 425 RBI. San Diego ranks fourth in stolen bases (85) and is tied for eighth in saves (25). Ohtani leads the Dodgers and ranks in the top 10 in the National League with a .297 batting average, 18 home runs, a .412 on-base percentage, and a .958 OPS. Machado paces the Padres with 15 home runs and 44 RBI, while outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. has tallied a club-best 90 hits and a .282 batting average.

Peavy spent the first seven years of his 15-season career (2002-2016) with the Padres before stops with the White Sox, Red Sox, and Giants. In 2007, he was named the unanimous NL Cy Young Award winner and won the pitching “Triple Crown”, posting a 19-6 record, 2.54 ERA, and 240 strikeouts. Peavy is the only pitching “Triple Crown” winner in Padres’ history. A three-time All-Star (2005, 2007, 2012), Peavy won back-to-back World Series titles with the Red Sox (2013) and Giants (2014). Peavy was a 2023 inductee in the Padres Hall of Fame after finishing his career as the franchise’s all-time leader in strikeouts and returned to the organization in 2025 to serve as a special assistant to the Padres CEO. He has served as an analyst for MLB Network since 2022.

Hershiser’s 18-year MLB career was headlined by his 1988 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He posted an MLB-high 23 victories, pitched a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings, and won the NL Cy Young Award, NLCS MVP, and World Series MVP as the Dodgers won their first championship in seven years. Hershiser pitched 13 seasons for the Dodgers and three seasons for Cleveland, where he won ALCS MVP honors in leading the team to the 1995 World Series. Hershiser has worked as the primary analyst for SportsNet LA’s broadcasts of Dodgers games since 2017.

A 2025 inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 2009 World Series champion (with New York Yankees), and 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner (with Cleveland), Sabathia won 251 games over his 19-year MLB career (2001-2019). A six-time All-Star, he is one of 20 pitchers in MLB history to record more than 3,000 strikeouts (3,093). Sabathia spent eight seasons with Cleveland before 11 years with the Yankees. In helping New York to the 2009 championship, he went 3-1 with a 1.98 earned run average in five Postseason starts and was named ALCS MVP. The left-hander led the MLB in wins in back-to-back seasons with 19 victories in 2009 and 21 in 2010. Sabathia, who helped launch MLB Network’s ongoing “Clubhouse Edition” special game telecast series in 2021, serves as a Special Assistant to the Commissioner.

MLB SUNDAY LEADOFF: METS-BRAVES (Noon ET on NBC and Peacock)

Three-time All-Star Matt Olson and the Atlanta Braves square off against four-time All-Star Juan Soto and the rival New York Mets in an NL East showdown at Truist Park, opening NBC Sports’ “Star-Spangled Sunday” coverage at Noon ET on NBC and Peacock. Play-by-play voice Matt Vasgersian will call Mets-Braves on MLB Sunday Leadoff alongside Hall of Famer Andruw Jones and former Mets infielder Todd Zeile.

Ashley ShahAhmadi will host the pregame show alongside Anthony Rizzo, who will also provide “Inside the Pitch” commentary from the batter’s perspective during the game.

The Mets-Braves rivalry returns to NBC for the first time since Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS on Oct. 19, 1999. Bob Costas and Joe Morgan called Atlanta’s extra-inning, 10-9 victory over New York, where Sunday’s analyst, Andruw Jones, drew a walk to bring in the series-clinching run in the bottom of the 11th inning. The Braves won the series, 4-2, and advanced to their fifth World Series of the decade.

The first-place Braves are 49-33 and lead the Philadelphia Phillies by 3.5 games in the NL East. Atlanta ranks second in the NL in ERA (3.41), third in pitching wins (49), fourth in quality starts (31), and fifth in home runs (103). Olson leads the Braves’ offense, ranking fourth in the NL with 20 home runs and 21 doubles. The Mets are fourth in the NL with 777 strikeouts, while Soto ranks amongst the league’s top 10 in OPS (.975), slugging percentage (.568), home runs (17), batting average (.301), and on-base percentage (.407).

Jones, who will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, starred for the Atlanta Braves in 12 of his 17 Major League seasons (1996-2012). The 10-time Gold Glove-winning centerfielder was second in 2005 NL MVP voting, belting an MLB-leading 51 home runs and topping the National League with 128 RBI. Jones was a five-time All-Star and finished his career with 434 home runs. In the 2026 World Baseball Classic, he was the manager for the Netherlands national team.

Zeile debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1989 and played for 11 teams, including the New York Mets, during his 16-season MLB career. He retired with 2,004 hits, 253 home runs, 397 doubles, and 1,110 RBI. Zeile was the Mets’ first baseman during the team’s 2000 National League Championship season and hit .302 with 16 hits, six doubles, a home run, and nine RBI during the club’s postseason run. Zeile joined the Mets television broadcast team on SNY in 2017, where he serves as an analyst on the team’s pre- and post-game coverage.

A three-time MLB All-Star and four-time Gold-Glove winning first baseman, Rizzo caught the final out of the 2016 World Series for the Chicago Cubs, breaking the team’s 108-year championship drought. In 2016, Rizzo set a career high in RBI (109), was awarded a Gold Glove, earned a Silver Slugger, and won the Platinum Glove as the NL’s best overall defensive player. Over 14 seasons with the Padres, Cubs, and Yankees, the lefty slugger hit 303 home runs and had four seasons with at least 100 RBI. Rizzo will serve as an analyst for NBC Sports’ MLB coverage throughout the regular season and its exclusive MLB Postseason coverage of all Wild Card games on NBC, Peacock, and NBCSN.

NBC SPORTS’ JULY 5 MLB “STAR-SPANGLED SUNDAY EVERY MLB GAME PRESENTED NATIONALLY ON NBCUNIVERSAL PLATFORMS

**All Times ET**

* MLB Sunday Leadoff; first pitch at 12:30 p.m. ET
**Sunday Night Baseball
^ Available to select NBCSN subscribers

Spanish-Language Coverage for all NBCU-Produced Games: Universo will televise all games broadcast on NBC, and SAP will be provided for all games on Peacock.

“Star-Spangled Sundaes” Pop-Ups: Ahead of NBC Sports’ July 5 “Star-Spangled Sunday” showcase, branded “Star-Spangled Sundaes” ice cream trucks will roll into high-traffic locations in Atlanta and Los Angeles on Friday, July 3, celebrating the home markets of the Braves and Dodgers, who will be featured nationally on NBC and Peacock.

Additionally, local ice cream shops across 13 MLB markets will join the promotion, serving complimentary sundaes in themed baseball helmets throughout the day. 

SUNDAY STRETCH WHIP-AROUND SHOW 

NBC Sports’ Sunday Stretch whip-around show will stream live on Peacock immediately following Mets-Braves on MLB Sunday Leadoff. Produced in collaboration with the Emmy Award-winning MLB Network, the show will feature look-ins at all the compelling live action around Major League Baseball in real time and on replay every Sunday, so viewers don’t miss a single run or key play. 

Peacock MLB Hub

Peacock offers a dedicated MLB Hub, a one-stop destination for fans to access live games, team hubs, and highlights. This season, baseball fans can enjoy popular Peacock features, such as Catch up with Key Plays, if they are tuning in late; Live in Browse, which displays the live game on the Peacock home page for instant context about the matchup and allows viewers to immediately join the live game presentation; and MLB Live Picks, a mobile mini-game for fans to predict the winners.

Also now streaming live on Peacock is the FIFA 2026 World Cup™ and WNBA. Peacock’s sports programming also includes Sunday Night Football, the NBA, live coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Premier League, Big Ten football and basketball, BIG EAST basketball, Big 12 basketball, Notre Dame Football, the U.S. Women’s and Men’s National Teams soccer matches (in Spanish), golf, and much more.

 Peacock “Game of the Day” (June 30 – July 9)

One out-of-market game will be streamed nationally* on Peacock nearly every day of the season. Tonight, three-time All-Star infielder Rafael Devers and the San Francisco Giants visit three-time All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field with first pitch set for 9:40 p.m. ET on Peacock.

(*Note: The Peacock “Game of the Day” will not be available in the competing team markets, where it will be presented by the local rightsholder)

MLB According to CC

National Baseball Hall of Famer CC Sabathia and Ahmed Fareed star in NBC Sports’ new weekly digital video series, MLB According to CC. On each episode, Sabathia and Fareed will discuss big picture storylines and spotlight the week’s most exciting and intriguing events around baseball. Among the unique segments featured in the series: “CC’s Clubhouse” will highlight anecdotes from his playing days, while “Show Me Something” will preview MLB’s weekend slate of games and highlight key players across the league. The show’s “newstalgia” storytelling will bridge legends of baseball’s past with today’s rising stars.

New episodes are available to stream every Wednesday on the Peacock MLB Hub, NBC Sports YouTube Channel, NBCSports.com, and all major podcast platforms.

NBC SPORTS’ MLB TRADITION

NBC Sports has a distinguished history with Major League Baseball. The first-ever MLB television broadcast was a 1939 Cincinnati Reds-Brooklyn Dodgers doubleheader on W2XBS (the precursor to WNBC-TV) in New York. NBC Sports was a home to the first World Series broadcast in 1947, the first All-Star Game nationally broadcast in 1952, and has televised 39 World Series – more than any other network.

From 1957-2000, NBC Sports was home to a wealth of baseball programming, including Game of the Week and Monday Night Baseball telecasts, more than 30 All-Star Games, and countless iconic Postseason moments. For the 2022-23 seasons, Peacock was the exclusive home of MLB Sunday Leadoff, a first-of-its-kind Sunday morning presentation featuring a unique three-announcer broadcast booth with one analyst with expertise on each team joining the play-by-play voice.