Tonight is Giants vs. Dodgers live streaming night. And since no one is allowed in the stadium these days, the only way to see the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers resume their longtime rivalry is to find a live stream of this opening night clash.

Fortunately, watching Giants vs. Dodgers is easy if you know where to look. We can help you outline all your Giants vs. Dodgers streaming options, including how to use a VPN if you need to get around Major League Baseball's blackout rules.

Major League Baseball has some of the strictest blackout rules of any major American professional sport, and some games may not be broadcast locally if they interfere with local broadcasts. In these cases, a virtual private network (VPN) allows you to fake your current location and watch a live stream of a game that may not be broadcast in your area, such as Giants vs. Dodgers.

We tested a variety of options and chose ExpressVPN as the best VPN overall. Based on our testing, ExpressVPN offers excellent speed and superior customer service.

The national broadcast of Giants vs. Dodgers will air on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET in the United States. If you are not in front of a TV, you can stream the game using the ESPN website or the ESPN app for Android or iOS. This is because you will need to log in with your TV provider's credentials to access the Giants vs. Dodgers live stream.

MLB.TV ($25/month/$60/year) also streams games, but is not a perfect solution if you want to watch something other than baseball; T-Mobile customers can get MLB.TV along with a free subscription to the sports website The Athletic for free. The offer also applies to Sprint customers who will be absorbed by T-Mobile; don't forget to sign up by August 4.

If you've cut cable TV, you can take advantage of subscription streaming services, including ESPN. The cheapest option is Sling TV, which includes ESPN channels in its Sling Orange package. For $30/month, customers can watch for free for three days if they want to try Sling.

BT Sport has exclusive broadcast rights to MLB games, with Giants vs. Dodgers airing on BT Sport 1 at the savage hour of 3 am BST on Fridays. If you don't have BT in your current package, you can watch directly here with a £25 monthly pass.

If the monthly fee for BT Sport is still too high, remember that MLB.TV is also available in the UK. For about £50 per month, there are zero blackout rules.

Canadian fans can watch the Giants-Dodgers game this Thursday on TSN4; they can also subscribe to MLB.TV, but the Toronto Blue Jays game will be blacked out for Canadian fans.