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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Houston Astros to open 2013 season against Texas Rangers - Corpus Christi Caller Times

â€" One of baseball's traditional home openers will have an innovative twist next season.

The Cincinnati Reds will host the Los Angeles Angels on April 1, becoming the first teams to start their seasons with an interleague matchup. The Reds, the first professional team, celebrate opening day with a parade and have opened all but four seasons at home.

Major League Baseball announced its 2013 preliminary schedule Wednesday, with several format changes caused by the shift of the Houston Astros to the American League. A National League franchise for its first 51 seasons, the Astros start AL play on April 2 when they host cross-state rival Texas.

Houston moves from the NL Central to the AL West, creating six divisions of five teams each. Under a move announced last November, the Astros will become only the second team since 1900 to switch leagues, following Milwaukee's entry to the NL for the 1998 season.

Because there will be 15 teams in each major league for the first time, interleague play is necessary nearly every day. Since its inception in 1997, interleague play had been concentrated mostly during periods in late May and June.

Eleven of the 15 series on the final weekend of the regular season, Sept. 27-29, will involve division rivalries. The exceptions have the Yankees at Houston, Milwaukee at the Mets, Detroit at Miami and Washington at Arizona.

MLB is abandoning its two-year experiment with midweek openers, reverting to a Sunday night start in a nationally televised game on ESPN that will be determined later.

In another shift, the New York Yankees and Mets for now are slated to open at home on the same day for the first time, with Boston visiting the Bronx on April 1 and San Diego playing in Queens. ESPN could move Red Sox-Yankees to the March 31 Sunday night slot.

Other AL openers on April 1 have Kansas City at Chicago, Detroit at Minnesota and Seattle at Oakland. NL games that day are St. Louis at Arizona, Philadelphia at Atlanta, San Francisco at Los Angeles, Colorado at Milwaukee, Chicago at Pittsburgh and Miami at Washington.

Tuesday openers include Baltimore at Tampa Bay and Cleveland at Toronto.

Under the new schedule format, a team plays 19 games against each division rival for a total of 76, and six or seven against each league opponent in the other two divisions for a total of 66. Each club will play 20 interleague games over eight series, with rivalry games - such as Cubs-White Sox and Dodgers-Angels in consecutive two-game series during the week of May 27.

In the old format, teams in the AL East, AL Central, NL East and NL West played division rivals 18 times each, while AL West played in-division opponents 19 times apiece and NL Central teams met 15-18 times. AL interdivision opponents met six to 10 times and NL interdivision opponents six to nine times. While AL teams played 18 interleague games, the total varied from 12-18 in the NL.

2013 Houston Astros Schedule

All Times TBA

April 2 Texas

April 3 Texas

April 4 Texas

April 5 Oakland

April 6 Oakland

April 7 Oakland

April 8 at Seattle

April 9 at Seattle

April 10 at Seattle

April 12 at L.A. Angels

April 13 at L.A. Angels

April 14 at L.A. Angels

April 15 at Oakland

April 16 at Oakland

April 17 at Oakland

April 19 Cleveland

April 20 Cleveland

April 21 Cleveland

April 22 Seattle

April 23 Seattle

April 24 Seattle

April 25 at Boston

April 26 at Boston

April 27 at Boston

April 28 at Boston

April 29 at N.Y. Yankees

April 30 at N.Y. Yankees

May 1 at N.Y. Yankees

May 2 Detroit

May 3 Detroit

May 4 Detroit

May 5 Detroit

May 7 L.A. Angels

May 8 L.A. Angels

May 9 L.A. Angels

May 10 Texas

May 11 Texas

May 12 Texas

May 13 at Detroit

May 14 at Detroit

May 15 at Detroit

May 17 at Pittsburgh

May 18 at Pittsburgh

May 19 at Pittsburgh

May 20 Kansas City

May 21 Kansas City

May 22 Kansas City

May 24 Oakland

May 25 Oakland

May 26 Oakland

May 27 Colorado

May 28 Colorado

May 29 at Colorado

May 30 at Colorado

May 31 at L.A. Angels

June 1 at L.A. Angels

June 2 at L.A. Angels

June 3 at L.A. Angels

June 4 Baltimore

June 5 Baltimore

June 6 Baltimore

June 7 at Kansas City

June 8 at Kansas City

June 9 at Kansas City

June 10 at Seattle

June 11 at Seattle

June 12 at Seattle

June 14 Chicago White Sox

June 15 Chicago White Sox

June 16 Chicago White Sox

June 17 Chicago White Sox

June 18 Milwaukee

June 19 Milwaukee

June 20 Milwaukee

June 21 at Chicago Cubs

June 22 at Chicago Cubs

June 23 at Chicago Cubs

June 25 St. Louis

June 26 St. Louis

June 28 L.A. Angels

June 29 L.A. Angels

June 30 L.A. Angels

July 1 Tampa Bay

July 2 Tampa Bay

July 3 Tampa Bay

July 4 Tampa Bay

July 5 at Texas

July 6 at Texas

July 7 at Texas

July 9 at St. Louis

July 10 at St. Louis

July 12 at Tampa Bay

July 13 at Tampa Bay

July 14 at Tampa Bay

July 19 Seattle

July 20 Seattle

July 21 Seattle

July 22 Oakland

July 23 Oakland

July 24 Oakland

July 25 at Toronto

July 26 at Toronto

July 27 at Toronto

July 28 at Toronto

July 30 at Baltimore

July 31 at Baltimore

Aug. 1 at Baltimore

Aug. 2 at Minnesota

Aug. 3 at Minnesota

Aug. 4 at Minnesota

Aug. 5 Boston

Aug. 6 Boston

Aug. 7 Boston

Aug. 9 Texas

Aug. 10 Texas

Aug. 11 Texas

Aug. 12 Texas

Aug. 13 at Oakland

Aug. 14 at Oakland

Aug. 15 at Oakland

Aug. 16 at L.A. Angels

Aug. 17 at L.A. Angels

Aug. 18 at L.A. Angels

Aug. 19 at Texas

Aug. 20 at Texas

Aug. 21 at Texas

Aug. 23 Toronto

Aug. 24 Toronto

Aug. 25 Toronto

Aug. 26 at Chicago White Sox

Aug. 27 at Chicago White Sox

Aug. 28 at Chicago White Sox

Aug. 29 Seattle

Aug. 30 Seattle

Aug. 31 Seattle

Sept. 1 Seattle

Sept. 2 Minnesota

Sept. 3 Minnesota

Sept. 4 Minnesota

Sept. 5 at Oakland

Sept. 6 at Oakland

Sept. 7 at Oakland

Sept. 8 at Oakland

Sept. 9 at Seattle

Sept. 10 at Seattle

Sept. 11 at Seattle

Sept. 13 L.A. Angels

Sept. 14 L.A. Angels

Sept. 15 L.A. Angels

Sept. 16 Cincinnati

Sept. 17 Cincinnati

Sept. 18 Cincinnati

Sept. 19 at Cleveland

Sept. 20 at Cleveland

Sept. 21 at Cleveland

Sept. 22 at Cleveland

Sept. 23 at Texas

Sept. 24 at Texas

Sept. 25 at Texas

Sept. 27 N.Y. Yankees

Sept. 28 N.Y. Yankees

Sept. 29 N.Y. Yankees

2013 Texas Rangers Schedule

All Times TBA

April 2 at Houston

April 3 at Houston

April 4 at Houston

April 5 L.A. Angels

April 6 L.A. Angels

April 7 L.A. Angels

April 8 Tampa Bay

April 9 Tampa Bay

April 10 Tampa Bay

April 11 at Seattle

April 12 at Seattle

April 13 at Seattle

April 14 at Seattle

April 16 at Chicago Cubs

April 17 at Chicago Cubs

April 18 at Chicago Cubs

April 19 Seattle

April 20 Seattle

April 21 Seattle

April 22 at L.A. Angels

April 23 at L.A. Angels

April 24 at L.A. Angels

April 25 at Minnesota

April 26 at Minnesota

April 27 at Minnesota

April 28 at Minnesota

April 30 Chicago White Sox

May 1 Chicago White Sox

May 2 Chicago White Sox

May 3 Boston

May 4 Boston

May 5 Boston

May 7 at Milwaukee

May 8 at Milwaukee

May 10 at Houston

May 11 at Houston

May 12 at Houston

May 13 at Oakland

May 14 at Oakland

May 15 at Oakland

May 16 Detroit

May 17 Detroit

May 18 Detroit

May 19 Detroit

May 20 Oakland

May 21 Oakland

May 22 Oakland

May 24 at Seattle

May 25 at Seattle

May 26 at Seattle

May 27 at Arizona (DH)

May 29 Arizona

May 30 Arizona

May 31 Kansas City

June 1 Kansas City

June 2 Kansas City

June 4 at Boston

June 5 at Boston

June 6 at Boston

June 7 at Toronto

June 8 at Toronto

June 9 at Toronto

June 10 Cleveland

June 11 Cleveland

June 12 Cleveland

June 13 Toronto

June 14 Toronto

June 15 Toronto

June 16 Toronto

June 17 Oakland

June 18 Oakland

June 19 Oakland

June 20 Oakland

June 21 at St. Louis

June 22 at St. Louis

June 23 at St. Louis

June 25 at N.Y. Yankees

June 26 at N.Y. Yankees

June 27 at N.Y. Yankees

June 28 Cincinnati

June 29 Cincinnati

June 30 Cincinnati

July 2 Seattle

July 3 Seattle

July 4 Seattle

July 5 Houston

July 6 Houston

July 7 Houston

July 8 at Baltimore

July 9 at Baltimore

July 10 at Baltimore

July 11 at Baltimore

July 12 at Detroit

July 13 at Detroit

July 14 at Detroit

July 19 Baltimore

July 20 Baltimore

July 21 Baltimore

July 22 N.Y. Yankees

July 23 N.Y. Yankees

July 24 N.Y. Yankees

July 25 N.Y. Yankees

July 26 at Cleveland

July 27 at Cleveland

July 28 at Cleveland

July 29 L.A. Angels

July 30 L.A. Angels

July 31 L.A. Angels

Aug. 2 at Oakland

Aug. 3 at Oakland

Aug. 4 at Oakland

Aug. 5 at L.A. Angels

Aug. 6 at L.A. Angels

Aug. 7 at L.A. Angels

Aug. 9 at Houston

Aug. 10 at Houston

Aug. 11 at Houston

Aug. 12 at Houston

Aug. 13 Milwaukee

Aug. 14 Milwaukee

Aug. 16 Seattle

Aug. 17 Seattle

Aug. 18 Seattle

Aug. 19 Houston

Aug. 20 Houston

Aug. 21 Houston

Aug. 23 at Chicago White Sox

Aug. 24 at Chicago White Sox

Aug. 25 at Chicago White Sox

Aug. 26 at Seattle

Aug. 27 at Seattle

Aug. 28 at Seattle

Aug. 30 Minnesota

Aug. 31 Minnesota

Sept. 1 Minnesota

Sept. 2 at Oakland

Sept. 3 at Oakland

Sept. 4 at Oakland

Sept. 6 at L.A. Angels

Sept. 7 at L.A. Angels

Sept. 8 at L.A. Angels

Sept. 9 Pittsburgh

Sept. 10 Pittsburgh

Sept. 11 Pittsburgh

Sept. 13 Oakland

Sept. 14 Oakland

Sept. 15 Oakland

Sept. 16 at Tampa Bay

Sept. 17 at Tampa Bay

Sept. 18 at Tampa Bay

Sept. 19 at Tampa Bay

Sept. 20 at Kansas City

Sept. 21 at Kansas City

Sept. 22 at Kansas City

Sept. 23 Houston

Sept. 24 Houston

Sept. 25 Houston

Sept. 26 L.A. Angels

Sept. 27 L.A. Angels

Sept. 28 L.A. Angels

Sept. 29 L.A. Angels

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