Rivalry Weekend Presented by Booking.com Returns for Second Consecutive Season Across MLB This Weekend
The second annual “Rivalry Weekend” presented by Booking.com will take place throughout Major League Baseball this weekend. Rivalry Weekend, which debuted in 2025, features 11 series between prime Interleague rivals and four other regional matchups.
Rivalry Weekend will officially begin on Friday as the Pittsburgh Pirates welcome their intrastate rival Philadelphia Phillies to PNC Park in Pittsburgh at 6:40 p.m. (ET). As part of this week’s Friday Night Baseball doubleheader, Apple TV will exclusively air Friday’s matchup between the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays at Comerica Park at 6:45 p.m. (ET), as well as the “Subway Series” between the New York Mets and New York Yankees at Citi Field at 7:15 p.m. (ET).
On Saturday, FOX will carry regional coverage of the “Subway Series” at 7:15 p.m. (ET) and the “Vedder Cup” matchup between the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres at T-Mobile Park in Seattle at 7:15 p.m. (ET)/4:15 p.m. (PT). MLB Network will air the “Freeway Series” matchup between the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim at 9:40 p.m. (ET)/6:40 p.m. (PT).
On Sunday, Peacock will exclusively broadcast the series finale between the Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins at Tropicana Field at 12:15 p.m. (ET), MLB Network will air the Athletics and San Francisco Giants in Sacramento at 4:05 p.m. (ET)/1:05 p.m. (PT), and Rivalry Weekend will conclude on Peacock on Sunday night with the finale of the “Vedder Cup” in Seattle at 7:20 p.m. (ET)/4:20 p.m. (PT).
The full list of Rivalry Weekend series include:
11 Prime Interleague Rivals
- CWS vs. CHC at Rate Field in Chicago, IL
- CLE vs. CIN at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH
- WSH vs. BAL at Nationals Park in Washington, DC
- NYM vs. NYY at Citi Field in Flushing, NY
- ATL vs. BOS at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA
- TB vs. MIA at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL
- STL vs. KC at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO
- MIN vs. MIL at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN
- SEA vs. SD at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA
- LAA vs. LAD at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA
- ATH vs. SF at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA
4 Regional Rivals
- PIT vs. PHI at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA
- DET vs. TOR at Comerica Park in Detroit, MI
- HOU vs. TEX at Daikin Park in Houston, TX
- COL vs. AZ at Coors Field in Denver, CO
MLB today launched a new multimedia spot for its Rivalry Weekend campaign, “This One’s Personal,” which will air across broadcast, cable, streaming, digital and social media platforms. The spot, which features DMX’s “X Gon' Give It To Ya,” showcases the passion, intensity and emotion that rivalry matchups bring out of baseball fans, alongside some of the league’s top stars, including Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Paul Skenes, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Mike Trout.
As presenting sponsor of Rivalry Weekend for the second year in a row, Booking.com is providing free access for fans to MLB.TV all weekend long and running a sweepstakes on MLB.com where fans have the chance to win regular season game tickets and MLB.TV subscriptions.
Rivalry Weekend will also include a series of club activations across the league throughout the weekend. Among the featured activations:
- Apple TV will bring Friday Night’s “Subway Series” matchup between the Mets and Yankees to Times Square with a public screening on an ultra-high-definition display spanning an entire city block. In addition, the first 15,000 fans to Saturday and Sunday’s contests will receive a Subway Series t-shirt giveaway.
- For Chicago’s “Crosstown Classic,” the City of Chicago Pipe Band will play in the parking lots at Rate Field.
- During “The Ohio Cup” series between the Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds, the Guardians will commemorate the 10-year anniversary of their 2016 American League Championship squad with a celebration on Friday and a Rajai Davis bobblehead giveaway on Saturday.
- The Mariners and Padres will once again play for the “Vedder Cup” trophy for a second consecutive year. The guitar-themed trophy is designed with input from Eddie Vedder, celebrating his ties to both cities.
Please see the accompanying pages for more details, historical information and statistics on each series featured during Rivalry Weekend presented by Booking.com