WATCH Pirates vs. Cardinals Online Live Stream, Free MLB 2015 Game 1 Coverage

Baseball's back for the official 2015 MLB season!

The Pittsburgh Pirates take the field against the St. Louis Cardinals in Week 19 of the regular season on Tuesday, August 11 at 8:15 p.m. EST at Busch Stadium in Missouri. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the Game 1 evening ballgame online - also catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

Both the Cardinals and Pirates maintain extremely high spots in ESPN.com's official break-down of all 30 professional teams (power rankings):

Pirates (3): "The Pirates have allowed 20 runs in their past four games -- but won all four as the offense hit .362 and scored 31 runs while beating the Cubs and then sweeping the Dodgers. Next up: a big road trip to St. Louis and then the Mets." David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 

Pittsburgh now holds an impressive 65-44 winning record and remains 2nd in the National League Central Division.

Cardinals (1): "The Cardinals continue to post the best record in baseball on the strength of pitching and rookie hitters such as left fielder Stephen Piscotty (.328/.375/.431) and center fielder Randal Grichuk (.286/.332/.569), whose name is entering the rookie of the year conversation." Matt Philip, Fungoes 

With that, St. Louis snags an awesome 71 wins and 40 losses and is now 1st in the National League Central Division.

The Tuesday night ballgame will be broadcasted live on local sports channels RTPT and FSMW.

For a complete list of current standings and scores for the regular 2015 season, check out the official MLB website.

For fans who want to try out a free live stream (which may mean downloading a torrent), click here. Or try this other option...

ESPN, MLB Scoreboard, SBNation, and MLB TV are both good sources for up-to-date game coverage and feeds.

For additional team radio station affiliates: Pirates and Cardinals.

And official MLB team websites: Pirates and Cardinals.

Enjoy the Game 1 evening ballgame! Also keep an eye on MstarsNews for even more live MLB coverage.

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