Phillies-Padres Game 2: Start time, channel, how to watch and stream MLB playoffs

After holding on in the ninth to defeat the Padres Tuesday, the Phillies will attempt to secure a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series Wednesday on both Fox and FS1.

Aaron Nola (2-0, 0.00 ERA) will take the mound for the Phillies in Game 2, and will face his older brother — Padres catcher Austin Nola. It’ll be the first time two brothers have faced each other in the postseason since 1997, when catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. of Cleveland played against second baseman Roberto Alomar of Baltimore.

“It breaks my heart that someone has to lose,” Stacie Nola, their mother, told The Inquirer. “But it’ll be a good brotherly fight. We’ll see who wins.”

The Padres will counter with Blake Snell (1-0, 2.89 ER), who broke Bryce Harper’s thumb when the two teams faced off in June. The two happen to be childhood friends, so there was no ill will, and Snell doesn’t plan on changing his approach.

“I’m going to pitch how I pitch. If I hit him, I’m sorry. I’m not trying,” Snell told reporters on Tuesday. “Nothing is changing.”

Here’s everything you need to know to watch Game 2 of the Phillies-Padres National League Championship Series:

Phillies-Padres Game 2 is scheduled to begin at 4:37 p.m. Eastern on both Fox and FS1. The Phillies lead the series, 1-0.

Calling the series for Fox is play-by-play announcer Joe Davis, who is in his first year as the network’s voice for the World Series following Joe Buck’s departure for ESPN. Joining Davis in the booth is Hall of Famer John Smoltz. Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci will be reporting from the field at Petco Park.

Phillies fans listening to the game on the radio can tune to 94.1 WIP to hear longtime Philly announcers Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen call the action. Last night, Tom McCarthy — the TV voice of the Phillies on NBC Sports Philadelphia — joined the booth for the fifth and sixth innings, and had the chance to call Kyle Schwarber’s “titanic” home run.

Bill Kulik and Oscar Budejen will broadcast Phillies-Padres in Spanish on La Unika 1680 AM. The game will also air on TV in Spanish on Fox Deportes, with Adrian Garcia Marquez and Edgar Gonzalez on the call.

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Phillies-Padres will stream on the Fox Sports app, though it will only be available to those with a cable subscription.

The game will also stream on any so-called skinny bundle that carries Fox, including fuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, and DirecTV Stream. Most offer a free trial.

Phillies fans weren’t the only ones excited to watch the NLDS.

The four-game series, which featured the Phillies sending home the defending World Series champs Atlanta Braves, averaged nearly 3.2 million viewers on Fox and FS1. That makes it the most-watched divisional series on Fox and FS1 since 2017, when Astros-Yankees averaged 3.8 million viewers in a seven-game series.

The most-watched game of the series was Game 2, which aired on Fox and averaged nearly 4.2 million viewers after a rain delay pushed it into prime time.

It’s too soon to know how many viewers tuned into Game 1 of the NLCS.

On Tuesday, Phillies Pregame Live will air at 3 p.m. on NBC Sports Philadelphia, featuring Michael Barkann, Ricky Bottalico, Ben Davis, and former Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. They’ll all return for Phillies Postgame Live following the game.

Fox has its own pregame coverage that will air at 3 p.m., featuring former Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, former pitcher Dontrelle Willis, and Hall of Famer Frank Thomas. Kevin Burkhardt, fresh off calling the New York Jets’ upset of the Green Bay Packers on Sunday (the first time in nearly two decades Fox sent its No. 1 crew to call a Jets game), will be back to host.

WIP will also offer pre- and postgame coverage, hosted by Gregg Murphy.

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