In conjunction with Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals today announced their 2013 regular season schedule on Wednesday morning. Opening Day is scheduled for Monday, April 1st when the Royals visit the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Kansas City will begin the home schedule on April 8 vs. Minnesota. All game times will be announced at a later date.
The 2013 season will mark the first season that each league will consist of 15 teams with the Houston Astros joining the American League West. The Royals and every other Major League club will play 19 games against each divisional opponent, consisting of 76 division games total.
Kansas City will play 20 Interleague contests played over eight series, four home and four on the road. The Royals will compete against their “prime rival”, the St. Louis Cardinals, in back-to-back two-game series spanning both cities from May 27-30, with the Cardinals visiting Kansas City on May 27-28 and the Royals returning the strip on May 29-30.
The club also will host Interleague matchups against Atlanta (June 25-26), Miami (August 12-14) and Washington (August 23-25). The visit to Kansas City will be the first in franchise history for the Braves. The Nationals franchise played in Kansas City in 2004 as the Montreal Expos.
The road Interleague schedule also consists of visits to Philadelphia (April 5-7), Atlanta (April 16-17) and the club’s first-ever trip to Citi Field, home of the New York Mets (August 2-4).
Kansas City’s holiday schedule sees the Royals at home on Mother’s Day vs. the Yankees (May 12), Memorial Day vs. St. Louis (May 27), July 4th vs. Cleveland and on Labor Day vs. Seattle (September 2); and on the road at the Rays on Father’s Day (June 16).
HERE IS THE 2013 SCHEDULE FOR THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS!
APRIL
1 at Chicago
3 at Chicago
4 at Chicago
5 at Philadelphia
6 at Philadelphia
7 at Philadelphia
8 Minnesota
9 Minnesota
10 Minnesota
12 Toronto
13 Toronto
14 Toronto
16 at Atlanta
17 at Atlanta
19 at Boston
20 at Boston
21 at Boston
23 at Detroit
24 at Detroit
25 at Detroit
26 Cleveland
27 Cleveland
28 Cleveland
29 Cleveland
30 Tampa Bay
MAY
1 Tampa Bay
2 Tampa Bay
3 Chicago
4 Chicago
5 Chicago
7 at Baltimore
8 at Baltimore
9 at Baltimore
10 New York Yankees
11 New York Yankees
12 New York Yankees
13 at Los Angeles
14 at Los Angeles
15 at Los Angeles
17 at Oakland
18 at Oakland
19 at Oakland
20 at Houston
21 at Houston
22 at Houston
23 Los Angeles
24 Los Angeles
25 Los Angeles
26 Los Angeles
27 St. Louis
28 St. Louis
29 at St. Louis
30 at St. Louis
31 at Texas
JUNE
1 at Texas
2 at Texas
4 Minnesota
5 Minnesota
6 Minnesota
7 Houston
8 Houston
9 Houston
10 Detroit
11 Detroit
12 Detroit
13 at Tampa Bay
14 at Tampa Bay
15 at Tampa Bay
16 at Tampa Bay
17 at Cleveland
18 at Cleveland
19 at Cleveland
21 Chicago
22 Chicago
23 Chicago
25 Atlanta
26 Atlanta
27 at Minnesota
28 at Minnesota
29 at Minnesota
30 at Minnesota
JULY
2 Cleveland
3 Cleveland
4 Cleveland
5 Oakland
6 Oakland
7 Oakland
8 at New York Yankees
9 at New York Yankees
10 at New York Yankees
11 at New York Yankees
12 at Cleveland
13 at Cleveland
14 at Cleveland
15-18 All-Star Break (ASG at Citi Field-New York Mets)
19 Detroit
20 Detroit
21 Detroit
22 Baltimore
23 Baltimore
24 Baltimore
25 Baltimore
26 at Chicago
27 at Chicago
28 at Chicago
30 at Minnesota
31 at Minnesota
AUGUST
1 at Minnesota
2 at New York Mets
3 at New York Mets
4 at New York Mets
5 Minnesota
6 Minnesota
7 Minnesota
8 Boston
9 Boston
10 Boston
11 Boston
12 Miami
13 Miami
14 Miami
15 at Detroit
16 at Detroit
17 at Detroit
18 at Detroit
20 Chicago
21 Chicago
22 Chicago
23 Washington
24 Washington
25 Washington
27 at Minnesota
28 at Minnesota
29 at Minnesota
SEPTEMBER
1 at Toronto
2 Seattle
3 Seattle
4 Seattle
5 Seattle
6 Detroit
7 Detroit
8 Detroit
9 at Cleveland
10 at Cleveland
11 at Cleveland
13 at Detroit
14 at Detroit
15 at Detroit
16 Cleveland
17 Cleveland
18 Cleveland
20 Texas
21 Texas
22 Texas
23 at Seattle
24 at Seattle
25 at Seattle
26 at Chicago
27 at Chicago
28 at Chicago
29 at Chicago
Game dates are subject to change |
