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The 2020 Major League Baseball season is scheduled to begin on March 26 and end on September 27. The postseason will begin on September 29. The World Series is set to begin on October 20 and a potential Game 7 would be played on October 28. The entire schedule was released on August 12, 2019. Wikipedia
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Major League Baseball today announced the game times for its master 2020 regular season schedule, which will begin with all 30 Major League Clubs playing on Opening Day on Thursday, March 26th. Opening Day of the 2020 campaign is scheduled to mark the first time since 1968 in which every team across the Majors plays their first game of the season on the same day.
ESPN will provide Opening Day coverage that begins with the defending World Champion Washington Nationals visiting the New York Mets (1:10 p.m. ET), followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers welcoming the San Francisco Giants (4:10 p.m. ET/1:10 p.m. PT), and culminating with the 2019 American League Champion Houston Astros hosting the Los Angeles Angels (7:10 p.m. ET/4:10 p.m. PT). ESPN will broadcast an additional seven games during the first week of the season following traditional Opening Day.
FOX will begin its 2020 national coverage on Saturday, March 28th when the Mets host the Nationals at Citi Field at 4:05 p.m. (ET) on FS1, followed by the Atlanta Braves visiting the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field at 8:10 p.m. (ET)/5:10 p.m. (PT). MLB on TBS live game coverage will return on Sunday, July 5th and will continue each Sunday through the end of the regular season.
MLB Network will have extensive coverage of Opening Day on Thursday, March 26th featuring its signature live look-ins at games in progress on MLB Tonight starting at 1:00 p.m. (ET). MLB Network?s comprehensive regular season studio programming lineup will return on Friday, March 27th with MLB Central, High Heat with Christopher Russo, The Rundown, MLB Now, Intentional Talk, MLB Tonight and Quick Pitch featuring previews, highlights, analysis and interviews.
The final day of the 2020 regular season, which features 12 divisional match-ups, is scheduled for Sunday, September 27th. For the sixth consecutive year, all games played on the final scheduled day of the regular season will begin at 3:00 p.m. (ET), with potential Postseason ramifications at stake.
Among the other highlights of the 2020 regular season:
The first game at Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers, will be played on Tuesday, March 31st at 4:05 p.m. (ET)/3:05 p.m. (CT) against the Angels.
In a rematch of the 2019 World Series, the Nationals will host the Astros for a three-game set beginning on Friday, July 3rd at 6:05 p.m. (ET).
Following their second ALCS meeting in three seasons, the Astros and New York Yankees will square off for a three-game series at Minute Maid Park beginning on Friday, May 15th at 8:10 p.m. (ET)/7:10 p.m. (CT). The teams will meet again for a four-game set at Yankee Stadium beginning on Monday, September 21st at 7:05 p.m. (ET).
The Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals, who met in the 2019 National League Championship Series, will play a four-game series at Busch Stadium beginning on Monday, June 29th at 8:15 p.m. (ET)/7:15 p.m. (CT), and will meet again the following week for a three-game set at Nationals Park beginning on Tuesday, July 7th at 7:05 p.m. (ET).
2020 Opening Day includes an Interleague match-up between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Tropicana Field (4:10 p.m. ET).
The Dodgers host the Cardinals at Dodger Stadium at 10:10 p.m. (ET)/7:10 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday, April 15th, which is Jackie Robinson Day throughout Major League Baseball.
Following the historic first-ever games played in Europe in 2019, MLB will return to London Stadium for Mitel & MLB Present London 2020, a two-game set on June 13th-14th between the host Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. FOX Sports will provide coverage of the game on Saturday, June 13th at 1:10 p.m. ET, while ESPN will broadcast the game on Sunday, June 14th (time TBD).
The Miami Marlins will host the Mets in the Puerto Rico Series, a three-game set at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico beginning on Tuesday, April 28th at 7:10 p.m. (ET).
In the first-ever regular season games in Mexico City, Mexico, the Diamondbacks will host the San Diego Padres for a two-game set at the new Alfredo Harp Hel? Stadium beginning on Saturday, April 18th at 7:10 p.m. (ET)/4:10 p.m. (PT).
Major League Baseball today announced the game times for its master 2020 regular season schedule, which will begin with all 30 Major League Clubs playing on Opening Day on Thursday, March 26th. Opening Day of the 2020 campaign is scheduled to mark the first time since 1968 in which every team across the Majors plays their first game of the season on the same day.
ESPN will provide Opening Day coverage that begins with the defending World Champion Washington Nationals visiting the New York Mets (1:10 p.m. ET), followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers welcoming the San Francisco Giants (4:10 p.m. ET/1:10 p.m. PT), and culminating with the 2019 American League Champion Houston Astros hosting the Los Angeles Angels (7:10 p.m. ET/4:10 p.m. PT). ESPN will broadcast an additional seven games during the first week of the season following traditional Opening Day.
FOX will begin its 2020 national coverage on Saturday, March 28th when the Mets host the Nationals at Citi Field at 4:05 p.m. (ET) on FS1, followed by the Atlanta Braves visiting the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field at 8:10 p.m. (ET)/5:10 p.m. (PT). MLB on TBS live game coverage will return on Sunday, July 5th and will continue each Sunday through the end of the regular season.
MLB Network will have extensive coverage of Opening Day on Thursday, March 26th featuring its signature live look-ins at games in progress on MLB Tonight starting at 1:00 p.m. (ET). MLB Network?s comprehensive regular season studio programming lineup will return on Friday, March 27th with MLB Central, High Heat with Christopher Russo, The Rundown, MLB Now, Intentional Talk, MLB Tonight and Quick Pitch featuring previews, highlights, analysis and interviews.
The final day of the 2020 regular season, which features 12 divisional match-ups, is scheduled for Sunday, September 27th. For the sixth consecutive year, all games played on the final scheduled day of the regular season will begin at 3:00 p.m. (ET), with potential Postseason ramifications at stake.
Among the other highlights of the 2020 regular season:
The first game at Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers, will be played on Tuesday, March 31st at 4:05 p.m. (ET)/3:05 p.m. (CT) against the Angels.
In a rematch of the 2019 World Series, the Nationals will host the Astros for a three-game set beginning on Friday, July 3rd at 6:05 p.m. (ET).
Following their second ALCS meeting in three seasons, the Astros and New York Yankees will square off for a three-game series at Minute Maid Park beginning on Friday, May 15th at 8:10 p.m. (ET)/7:10 p.m. (CT). The teams will meet again for a four-game set at Yankee Stadium beginning on Monday, September 21st at 7:05 p.m. (ET).
The Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals, who met in the 2019 National League Championship Series, will play a four-game series at Busch Stadium beginning on Monday, June 29th at 8:15 p.m. (ET)/7:15 p.m. (CT), and will meet again the following week for a three-game set at Nationals Park beginning on Tuesday, July 7th at 7:05 p.m. (ET).
2020 Opening Day includes an Interleague match-up between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Tropicana Field (4:10 p.m. ET).
The Dodgers host the Cardinals at Dodger Stadium at 10:10 p.m. (ET)/7:10 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday, April 15th, which is Jackie Robinson Day throughout Major League Baseball.
Following the historic first-ever games played in Europe in 2019, MLB will return to London Stadium for Mitel & MLB Present London 2020, a two-game set on June 13th-14th between the host Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. FOX Sports will provide coverage of the game on Saturday, June 13th at 1:10 p.m. ET, while ESPN will broadcast the game on Sunday, June 14th (time TBD).
The Miami Marlins will host the Mets in the Puerto Rico Series, a three-game set at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico beginning on Tuesday, April 28th at 7:10 p.m. (ET).
In the first-ever regular season games in Mexico City, Mexico, the Diamondbacks will host the San Diego Padres for a two-game set at the new Alfredo Harp Hel? Stadium beginning on Saturday, April 18th at 7:10 p.m. (ET)/4:10 p.m. (PT).
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