Major League Baseball announced the 2012 schedule Wednesday morning and for the Nationals it features a season opener in the Windy City, a visit from the New York Yankees and trips to Boston and Toronto during interleague play. The Nationals will open next season on April 5 at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs.
They’ll depart from Viera, Fla., and start the season on a six-game, seven-day road trip to Chicago and New York, facing the Mets April 9-11 at Citi Field. The Nationals will return home for the Nationals Park opener on April 12 against Cincinnati in an 11-game homestand that features four with the Reds, four against the Houston Astros and three against the newly-renamed Miami Marlins.
Interleague for the Nationals next year will put them against the American League East, including three weekend games at home against the New York Yankees June 15-17. They’ll also welcome the Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles, travel to Fenway Park June 8-10 to face the Red Sox and to face the Blue Jays in Toronto June 11-13. The dates for the Nationals’ Beltway series with the Orioles will be in Baltimore June 22-24 and in Washington May 18-20.
Their first west coast trip will take them to San Diego and Los Angeles immediately after their first homestand. They’ll also go west for a 10-game trip from Aug. 6-15 when they travel to Houston, Arizona and San Francisco.
The Nationals will play at home against the Giants on July 4 and on Labor Day against the Cubs. They end the season with three games at home against the Philadelphia Phillies October 1-3.
The full schedule is below:
Apr. 5, 7-8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Chicago Cubs
Apr. 9-11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at N.Y. Mets
Apr. 12-15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cincinnati
Apr. 16-19Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Houston
Apr. 20-22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Miami
Apr. 24-26Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at San Diego
Apr. 27-29Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at L.A. Dodgers
May 1-3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Arizona
May 4-6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Philadelphia
May 8-10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Pittsburgh
May 11-13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Cincinnati
May 14-15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â San Diego
May 16-17Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Pittsburgh
May 18-20Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Baltimore
May 21-23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Philadelphia
May 25-27Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Atlanta
May 28-30Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Miami
June 1-3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Atlanta
June 5-8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â N.Y. Mets
June 8-10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Boston
June 11-13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Toronto
June 15-17Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â N.Y. Yankees
June 19-21Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tampa Bay
June 22-24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Baltimore
June 25-28Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Colorado
June 29-July 1Â Â Â Â at Atlanta
July 3-5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â San Francisco
July 6-8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Colorado
July 9-12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ALL-STAR BREAK
July 13-16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Miami
July 17-19Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â N.Y. Mets
July 20-22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Atlanta
July 23-25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at N.Y. Mets
July 26-29Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Milwaukee
July 31-Aug. 2Â Â Â Â Philadelphia
Aug. 3-5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Miami
Aug. 6-9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Houston
Aug. 10-12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Arizona
Aug. 13-15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at San Francisco
Aug. 17-19Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â N.Y. Mets
Aug. 20-22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Atlanta
Aug. 24-26Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Philadelphia
Aug. 28-29Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Miami
Aug. 30-Sept. 2Â Â St. Louis
Sept. 3-6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chicago Cubs
Sept. 7-9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Miami
Sept. 10-12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at N.Y. Mets
Sept. 14-16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Atlanta
Sept. 18-20Â Â Â Â Â Â Â L.A. Dodgers
Sept. 21-24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Milwaukee
Sept. 25-27Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at Philadelphia
Sept. 28-30Â Â Â Â Â Â Â at St. Louis
Oct. 1-3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Philadelphia
• Amanda Comak can be reached at acomak@washingtontimes.com.
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