How this match is broadcast across different countries.
Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres is a MLB baseball fixture scheduled for Saturday, 18 July 2026 at 00:10 UTC. The MLB is United States's headline baseball competition and pulls a global audience of fans tracking results, table positions and qualification storylines. Baseball games are nine innings long with no clock, so close games can stretch deep into extra innings before a winner is decided. Allow around three hours for the full broadcast, including pre-match analysis and post-match reaction. The match is scheduled and broadcasters will confirm their final channel allocations closer to kick-off.
If you are watching from United States, your options for Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres are Royals.TV, Padres.TV Presented by UC San Diego Health and KCTV5.
There is no confirmed free-to-air broadcaster for this fixture in United States, so a paid streaming or TV subscription is required for live coverage. Several services on the list below offer free trials that may cover this match's timeframe at no cost.
Streaming subscribers should look at TV Azteca. These services run through web, mobile and connected-TV apps and most accept month-to-month billing so you can sign up for the fixture and cancel afterwards.
Always cross-check the match start time in your local timezone, since broadcasters list the kick-off in their own market's time and coverage often begins 15-30 minutes before the first whistle.
Major League Baseball is the top tier of professional baseball in North America, made up of 30 franchises in the American and National Leagues. Teams play a 162-game regular season before 12 sides enter the postseason, which culminates in the best-of-seven World Series in late October. Matches like Kansas City Royals vs San Diego Padres can move table positions, decide qualification places and shape end-of-season storylines, which is why broadcaster coverage tends to grow as the campaign progresses.
