WATCH Astros vs. Royals Online Live Stream, Free MLB 2015 Game 1 Coverage

Baseball's back for the official 2015 MLB season!

The Houston Astros take the field against the Kansas City Royals in Week 16 of the regular season on Friday, July 24 at 8:10 p.m. EST at Ewing M Kaufmann Stadium in Missouri. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the Friday evening ballgame online - also catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

Both Kansas City and Houston snag top spots in ESPN.com's official break-down of all 30 teams (power rankings):

Royals (3): "The Royals are now 20 games over .500; no other AL team is more than 10 games over. After taking three of four from the White Sox, including a win over the red-hot Chris Sale, the Royals face a tough stretch, with the Pirates (3), Cardinals (1), Astros (3), Indians (3), Blue Jays (4) and Tigers (3) in their next 17 games." David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 

Kansas City currently maintains a steady 57-37 winning record, and remains 1st in the American League Central Division.

Astros (9): "The Dallas Keuchel train keeps on rolling as he struck out 13 in seven scoreless innings on Sunday. That's seven scoreless starts on the season, one less than MLB leader Zack Greinke, and the most by an Astros pitcher since Roger Clemens had a franchise-record 10 such starts in 2005." David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 

With that, Houston holds an impressive 54-43 winning record and snags the 2nd spot in the American League Western Division.

Tonight's ballgame will be broadcasted live on local sports channels FSKC and RTSW.

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: Royals and Astros.

And official MLB team websites: Royals and Astros.

Enjoy the Game 1 evening ballgame! And also stick with MstarsNews for more live MLB coverage.