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Two more Royals games will be moved from Bally Sports Kansas City to streaming service

Royals pitcher Zack Greinke (23) is congratulated after starting and giving up a single run in KC’s season opener against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday at The K.
Royals pitcher Zack Greinke (23) is congratulated after starting and giving up a single run in KC’s season opener against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday at The K. tljungblad@kcstar.com

Are you ready for some baseball ... on Sunday mornings?

NBC’s streaming service Peacock will begin showing Major League Baseball games each Sunday starting in May and running through the first weekend in September.

The Chicago White Sox’s game at Boston on May 8 (Mother’s Day) will get things started. Two Royals road games will air on Peacock, which means they won’t be seen on Bally Sports Kansas City as expected.

Moving off Bally Sports KC for Peacock are the Royals’ July 3 game against the Tigers in Detroit and the July 17 contest against the Blue Jays in Toronto.

Both games begin at 11 a.m Central time, and all the contests on Peacock will begin before noon.

The broadcast change means three Royals games this season now will be available only via a streaming option.

The Royals’ April 29 game against the Yankees at Kauffman Stadium will air on Apple TV+. The rest of the games will be shown on Bally Sports Kansas City.

Peacock said its service is available on the Roku platform; Amazon FireTV and Fire tablets; Apple devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD; Google platforms and devices including Android, Android TV devices, Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices; Microsoft’s Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One S and Xbox One X; Sony PlayStation4 and PlayStation 4 Pro; Samsung Smart TVs; VIZIO SmartCast™ TVs; LG Smart TVs; Comcast’s entertainment platforms including Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex, and XClass TV; and Cox’s Contour and Contour Stream Player devices.

Here is the full schedule of games that will air on Peacock:

May 8

10:30 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox

May 15

10:30 a.m.

San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves

May 22

10:30 a.m.

St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates

May 29

10:30 a.m.

San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds

June 5

10:30 a.m.

Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees

June 12

10:30 a.m.

Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Guardians

June 19

11 a.m.

Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals

June 26

11 a.m.

New York Mets at Miami Marlins

July 3

11 a.m.

Royals at Detroit Tigers

July 10

11 a.m.

Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore Orioles

July 17

11 a.m.

Royals at Toronto Blue Jays

July 24

11 a.m.

Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies

July 31

11 a.m.

Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays

Aug. 7

11 a.m.

Houston Astros at Cleveland Guardians

Aug. 14

11 a.m.

San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals

Aug. 21

11 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians

Aug. 28

11 a.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami Marlins

Sept. 4

11 a.m.

Toronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates

This story was originally published April 11, 2022 at 12:16 PM.

Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star
From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.
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