NEW YORK 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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