Coastal Plain League All-Star Skills Challenge and Game on TV, Streamed on MLB.COM

July 8, 2018 12:42 am

The 2018 Coastal Plain League All-Star Game and All-Star Skills Challenge will be broadcast live across 25-million homes as well as the All-Star Game being streamed online via MLB.com. The event will take place July 8-9 in Lexington, S.C. at the Lexington County Baseball Stadium, home of the Lexington County Blowfish.

Sunday night will kick off the All-Star Skills Challenge at 7:30 p.m. with All-Stars competiting in bunting, pitching and hitting contests, while not streamed on MLB.com this will be streamed on cplbaseball.tv. The All-Star Game following on Monday at 7:35 p.m first pitch and be availble on television as well as MLB.com.

This partnership will allow fans all over the country the opportunity to view the game on live TV through a growing number of markets and channels. Currently this list includes:
NESN
Cox Sports
TUFF TV
NBC Sports Chicago
Altitude Sports Denver,CO
WSAV Savannah, GA D-3
WRAL Raleigh, NC D-2
CW Charleston, SC D-2
WLXT Columbia, SC D-2
WWSB Tampa, FL ( OTT)
WTCN CW Greenville,NC
MLB.Net Streaming
In addition to television, the game will be live streamed for the second straight year on MLB.com, fans can view this link here.

About the CPL:

The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. Heading into its 22nd season in 2018, the CPL features 16 franchises playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To date, the CPL has had over 1,450 alumni drafted and 115 alums – including 2017 ALCS MVP, 2017 World Series champion, 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander, as well as 2017 NLCS MVP Chris Taylor – make their Major League debut.  For more information on the Coastal Plain League, please visit the league website at www.coastalplain.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat @CPLBaseball.