ESPN Radio and Fox One call the Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres match, 8 October 2026

The Milwaukee Brewers take on the San Diego Padres tonight, 8 October 2026, with play-by-play running from two US networks. On ESPN Radio, Jim Basquil is the presenter, while Jon Sciambi carries the main commentary and Doug Glanville provides colour commentary. Fox One (US) / Fox Sports 1 brings its own crew, fronted by the presenter Kevin Burkhardt, with Adam Amin as the main commentator, Adam Wainwright and A.J. Pierzynski as co-commentators, plus three pundits and a reporter.

The match is expected to come off at 03:00 UK time. ESPN's coverage is the flagship Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio feed, and Fox One carries the network's standard Major League Baseball spot. A reporter is attached to each crew: Alden González for ESPN and Tom Verducci for Fox.

The ESPN Radio crew

Jon Sciambi is the backbone of the ESPN Radio play-by-play tonight. He has been a fixture on the Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio feed for years, and his Wikipedia page describes him as an American sportscaster for ABC, ESPN and the Marquee Sports Network who has called the Chicago Cubs broadcasts on Marquee since 2021. That long-running role reflects a broadcaster who has spent considerable time reading the field across many games.

Doug Glanville rounds out the ESPN commentary as colour commentator. As with most of the roster, he is catalogued among the Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio broadcasters by name and year, a reminder of how much of this work is recorded player by player across the sport's history.

Alden González is the ESPN reporter. He is based in Los Angeles and originally joined ESPN in 2016 as the LA Rams team reporter for ESPN's NFL Nation before being promoted to his baseball role in May 2018. His byline is the voice that will tie live observations to the story of the match.

The Fox One crew

Kevin Burkhardt presents the Fox One spot. His career on these networks is well documented: in 2013 he began calling games for NFL on Fox, teaming with John Lynch and Erin Andrews as the network's #4 announcer team, a crew that also covered the divisional playoff game between the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks on 11 January 2014. He also did fill-in work for Major League Baseball on Fox in 2012 and 2013, and by 2014 had been named as pre-game host for the MLB coverage on Fox.

The main commentary tonight falls to Adam Amin, with Adam Wainwright and A.J. Pierzynski as co-commentators. Three pundits are on hand for the Fox side: Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez. Tom Verducci is the Fox reporter, there to follow the live threads of the match.

Where to watch

The ESPN Radio feed is the traditional home for Major League Baseball play-by-play, and Fox One (US) / Fox Sports 1 carries the network's dedicated spot. Both crews are in place for tonight's Brewers against Padres match, and readers tuning in from the UK can expect the play to come off around 03:00 local time.

For background on the headline play-by-play talent, Jon Sciambi's page covers his career across the major sportscasting networks and his role on the Chicago Cubs broadcasts.

Article generated: 8 October 2026, 03:00 GMT