AT&T SportsNet to televise all but one of Pirates' spring training home games

Kevin Gorman, The Tribune-Review, Greensburg
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Feb. 27—AT&T SportsNet will televise all but one of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 15 Grapefruit League home games in spring training, with the exception of a conflict of schedule with a Pittsburgh Penguins game.

The only Pirates home game that won't be televised is the March 6 game against the New York Yankees, which starts at the same time as the Penguins-Flyers game. AT&T SportsNet is broadcast partners with both the Penguins and Pirates.

The Pirates announced their broadcast schedule Saturday, and every game will covered by either their television or radio broadcast partners, including MLB.com radio, beginning with the opener against the Baltimore Orioles at 1:05 p.m. Sunday in Sarasota being carried by radio flagship 93.7 The Fan and across the 38-station Pirates Radio Network.

The first televised game is the spring home opener against the Detroit Tigers at 1:05 p.m. Tuesday at LECOM Park in Bradenton, the first of 14 games televised by AT&T SportsNet and the most ever in its partnership with the Pirates.

That includes the lone night game, against the Orioles at 6:05 p.m. March 19 at LECOM Park. That broadcast will include a full 30-minute pregame show and postgame show with AT&T SportsNet broadcasters, analysts and interviews. AT&T SportsNet also will air new editions of Inside Pirates Baseball.

The Pirates radio partners will broadcast 22 games — also the most ever in a spring training season — on 93.7 FM, 100.1 FM and 1020 AM. All other Pirates Grapefruit League games can be heard via webcast at pirates.com with mobile tune-in available via the MLB At Bat app.

The Pirates' games March 6 (at New York Yankees), March 9 (at Atlanta Braves), March 20 (at Yankees) will be on 100.1 FM/1020 AM, along with March 21 (at Boston Red Sox) and March 25 (at Baltimore). March 13 (at Yankees) and March 28 (at Baltimore) are on 93.7 FM.

March 1 (at Toronto Blue Jays), March 3 (at Tampa Bay Rays), March 5 (at Philadelphia), March 15 (at Baltimore), March 16 (at Minnesota Twins), March 20 (at Detroit Tigers) and March 30 (at Minnesota) are set to be broadcast on MLB.com radio.

For the complete Pirates Spring Training broadcast schedule visit pirates.com/broadcast.

Kevin Gorman is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Kevin by email at kgorman@triblive.com or via Twitter .