Benetti and Clemens Call First Yankees-Red Sox Matchup on NBC Since 1995 on Sunday Night Baseball, This Sunday, June 28, on NBC and Peacock; Costas Serves as Pregame Host Alongside Rizzo, who will also Provide “Inside the Pitch” Commentary from Batter’s Perspective
On Sunday, July 5, NBC Sports Presents All 15 Games Live Nationally – An MLB First – On Special “Star-Spangled Sunday” Across NBC, Peacock & NBCSN
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STAMFORD, Conn. – June 23, 2026 – NBC Sports’ voice of Sunday Night Baseball Jason Benetti, pregame host Bob Costas, analysts Roger Clemens and Anthony Rizzo, and producer Rob Hyland will discuss NBC Sports’ upcoming MLB coverage, including this Sunday’s Yankees-Red Sox rivalry matchup and next week’s “Star-Spangled Sunday” on a media conference call today at 12:30 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports’ MLB National Media Conference Call
Media interested in participating should call 201-689-8852; Passcode: NBC Sports.
- WHAT: NBC Sports’ MLB Yankees-Red Sox and “Star-Spangled Sunday” Conference Call
- WHO: Jason Benetti, Bob Costas, Roger Clemens, Anthony Rizzo, and Rob Hyland
- WHEN: Today, Tuesday, June 23 at 12:30 p.m. ET
- NUMBER: 201-689-8852
- PASSCODE: NBC Sports
For the first time since 1995, the historic Yankees-Red Sox rivalry returns to NBC Sports, as the New York Yankees and 2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger visit the Boston Red Sox and three-time All-Star Willson Contreras at Fenway Park on Sunday Night Baseball this Sunday, June 28, at 7 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Jason Benetti will call Yankees-Red Sox alongside seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens and 2013 World Series champion Will Middlebrooks.
NBC Sports presents a special “Star-Spangled Sunday” on 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 — 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 two-time defending World Series champion 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.
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.
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