The Pirates will open the 2016 season at home against the Cardinals, pitting two of the teams currently battling for the National League Central title, and those clubs also will close the season with a series, this time in St. 16-17) all will return to Minute Maid Park for the first time since 2013, and the Astros will also take on the Brewers and Pirates on the road. It will be like old times for the Astros, as they face former NL Central opponents for the first time since moving into the AL.
Boston has previously started its season against the Indians three times, all at Fenway Park, in 1962, 1977 and, most recently, 1979. The Cubs last opened a season in Los Angeles in 1960 against the Dodgers.īoston will play its first-ever regular-season opener in Cleveland, the same city in which the Red Sox will end their 2015 campaign. The Cubs open a season in the state of California for the first time since 1984, when they started off in San Francisco. The Cubs will open on the road for the 11th time in the past 15 seasons, and for the first time will begin a season with Interleague Play. Each team will play 20 Interleague games, 12.3 percent of the schedule. The core Interleague rotation will be AL East vs. San Diego will also host the 87th All-Star Game on July 12. The Padres will visit the Blue Jays for the first time from July 25-27, the only location-specific Interleague matchup that hasn't taken place since the format was implemented in 1997. The 2016 season will mark the 20th year of Interleague Play, which changed the game and sparked record crowds.
Other important dates next season include Jackie Robinson Day on Friday, April 15 Mother's Day on May 8 and Father's Day on June 19 and the first day of the 2016 MLB Draft on Thursday, June 9. The regular season will finish on a Sunday, Oct.
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Eight games are scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, and the first full slate of 15 contests is scheduled for the next day. The 13 games on that first Monday include the traditional opener at Cincinnati (against Philadelphia), as well as six divisional matchups and an Interleague contest between the host Royals and the Mets. Major League Baseball on Tuesday released its tentative 2016 regular-season schedule, starting with the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game on April 3 with a matchup to be announced, and then featuring 13 games on the first convergence of Opening Day and Square Root Day: April 4, 2016.
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