Where to watch Dodgers - Pirates? TV channel, streaming and game schedule at Dodger Stadium
The Pittsburgh Pirates arrive at Dodger Stadium to face the Los Angeles team
Premium pitching against a batting lineup that can't find its direction. The Los Angeles Dodgers host the Pittsburgh Pirates in an interleague matchup that underscores the gap separating the two franchises in this stretch of the 2026 Major League Baseball season.
The Dodgers come in red-hot: a record of 77 wins and 51 losses, leaders of the National League West and second overall in MLB, behind only Milwaukee. Their offense has produced 640 runs with a +145 run differential, the credentials of a team heading into October with authority.
On the other side, the Pirates are climbing uphill. With 63 wins and 66 losses, they sit in fourth place in the National League Central and 16th in the overall standings . Curiously, their offense is not the problem—they have produced 646 runs, even one more than the Dodgers—but pitching that has allowed 615 keeps them at just a +31 run differential.
The question for Pittsburgh is maintaining the pace away from home against one of the deepest rosters in baseball .
Schedule, venue, and where to watch the following Dodgers - Pirates games
The first pitch of Los Angeles vs. Pittsburgh is scheduled for this Friday, August 21, 2026 at 10:10 p.m. Eastern Time (9:10 Central Time and 7:10 Pacific Time) , at the legendary Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, a colossus with a capacity of 56,000 fans.
The other two games will be:
Date : Saturday, August 22, 2026
Date : Sunday, August 23, 2026
Central Time : 12:35 p.m.
Pacific Time : 10:35 a.m.
The broadcasts of the following Dodgers games will be available on MLB.TV via streaming , and locally in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh on Spectrum SportsNet LA and SportsNet Pittsburgh.
What will the lineups be for Dodgers - Pirates?
The Dodgers boast a luxury rotation led by Yoshinobu Yamamoto , Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, and young Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, backed by a bullpen featuring big names like Tanner Scott, Blake Treinen, Evan Phillips, and Edwin Díaz. It is a pitching staff built to dominate high-stakes matchups.
Pittsburgh, for its part, has Paul Skenes as its winning card: when the ace takes the mound, any lineup looks vulnerable . Alongside him are Mitch Keller, Jared Jones, and Bubba Chandler. At the plate, the offensive reference is veteran Dominican Marcell Ozuna as the designated hitter, accompanied by catcher Henry Davis.
