{"id":677889,"date":"2026-04-17T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677889\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:04:00","slug":"how-to-watch-phillies-against-braves-in-series-opener-television-stream-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677889\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch Phillies Against Braves in Series Opener: Television, Stream, Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">Following their third straight losing series, the Philadelphia Phillies will still be at home hosting the Atlanta Braves in a big weekend series matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Even though the Phillies might not have gotten off to the start that they would have liked, this is a team that should still be in the mix when it comes to September, and while it\u2019s early, this series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/phillies\/onsi\/phillies-vs-braves-preview-of-national-league-east-clash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Braves is an important one<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">Philadelphia will be entering the three-game set with a record of 3-6 in their last nine games. When looking at the team as a whole, not much is going right. They have had some bad performances from starting pitchers, and their lineup has also had struggles producing runs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">However, even though it has not been good, it is only 18 games into the season for the team. There is still plenty of time to turn things around, and this weekend would be an ideal time with them facing a division rival at home. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who: Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies\u00a0When: Friday April 17th, 6:45 PM EST\u00a0Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PATelevision: NBCSPRadio: 94 WIP, iHeart AppPitching Matchup:\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01kpe013602gb6ykhxgv.jpg\" alt=\" Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Taijuan Walker pitching \" title=\" Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Taijuan Walker pitching \" width=\"5316\" height=\"2990\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"7m\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Taijuan Walker | Kyle Ross-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7q\">Taking the hill for the struggling Phillies will be their veteran right-hander, Taijuan Walker. So far this season, the results have been mixed for the veteran, with two bad starts and one good one. Fortunately, he looked much better in his most recent start for Philadelphia on Saturday against the Arizona Diamondbacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7t\">In that game, he was able to earn his first victory of the season, going five innings and allowing just two runs. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/phillies\/onsi\/news\/phillies-zack-wheeler-nearing-potential-return-to-majors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zack Wheeler set to return soon<\/a>, it could be Walker as the odd man out in the rotation. However, he could move into a bullpen role if that\u2019s the case, and could still provide value to the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">For the Braves, they will be sending left-hander Martin Perez to the hill. In three appearances so far this year, he has totaled a 0-1 record and 3.14 ERA. Coming into this matchup, Atlanta must feel good with a left-hander like Perez on the mound.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7z\">The Phillies have struggled against southpaws so far this season, and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/phillies\/onsi\/phillies-free-agent-signing-has-been-disappointment-so-far\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">right-handed hitters <\/a>aren\u2019t getting the job done offensively. With a losing record heading into this series against the team that is potentially their biggest competition in the division, now would be a good time for Philadelphia to get going.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following their third straight losing series, the Philadelphia Phillies will still be at home hosting the Atlanta Braves&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[191,46,4166,5,192,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-677889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-braves","10":"tag-atlantabraves","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-braves","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116422081576421282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}