While the Giants are still focused on their push for the National League West title, they learned who and where they will play their games next season as Major League Baseball announced the 2013 schedule Wednesday.
The Giants will open the 2013 season on the road against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers on April 2 before coming home April 5 for their home opener at AT&T Park against the St. Louis Cardinals.
San Francisco is set up to play the American League East in interleague play, which will include home and road series against the Toronto Blue Jays, home series against the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles and road series against the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees.
The Giants will only play the cross-Bay rival A’s four times next year, with the series taking place May 27 and May 28 at AT&T Park, before shifting to the Coliseum May 29 and May 30.
The Houston Astros’ move to the American League creates a schedule that includes at least one interleague game every day, and 19 divisional games for all teams. The World Baseball Classic is also scheduled to return during spring training.
The ESPN “Sunday Night Baseball” opener is March 31, with teams to be determined, then 12 Opening Day games scheduled for April 1.
APRIL
2 at L.A. Dodgers
3 at L.A. Dodgers
4 at L.A. Dodgers
5 St. Louis
6 St. Louis
7 St. Louis
8 Colorado
9 Colorado
10 Colorado
11 at Chicago Cubs
12 at Chicago Cubs
13 at Chicago Cubs
14 at Chicago Cubs
16 at Milwaukee
17 at Milwaukee
18 at Milwaukee
19 San Diego
20 San Diego
21 San Diego
22 Arizona
23 Arizona
24 Arizona
26 at San Diego
27 at San Diego
28 at San Diego
29 at Arizona
30 at Arizona
MAY
1 at Arizona
3 L.A. Dodgers
4 L.A. Dodgers
5 L.A. Dodgers
6 Philadelphia
7 Philadelphia
8 Philadelphia
9 Atlanta
10 Atlanta
11 Atlanta
12 Atlanta
14 at Toronto
15 at Toronto
16 at Colorado
17 at Colorado
18 at Colorado
19 at Colorado
20 Washington
21 Washington
22 Washington
24 Colorado
25 Colorado
26 Colorado
27 A’S
28 A’S
29 at A’S
30 at A’S
31 at St. Louis
JUNE
1 at St. Louis
2 at St. Louis
4 Toronto
5 Toronto
7 at Arizona
8 at Arizona
9 at Arizona
11 at Pittsburgh
12 at Pittsburgh
13 at Pittsburgh
14 at Atlanta
15 at Atlanta
16 at Atlanta
17 San Diego
18 San Diego
19 San Diego
20 Miami
21 Miami
22 Miami
23 Miami
24 L.A. Dodgers
25 L.A. Dodgers
26 L.A. Dodgers
28 at Colorado
29 at Colorado
30 at Colorado
JULY
1 at Cincinnati
2 at Cincinnati
3 at Cincinnati
4 at Cincinnati
5 L.A. Dodgers
6 L.A. Dodgers
7 L.A. Dodgers
8 N.Y. Mets
9 N.Y. Mets
10 N.Y. Mets
11 at San Diego
12 at San Diego
13 at San Diego
14 at San Diego
19 Arizona
20 Arizona
21 Arizona
22 Cincinnati
23 Cincinnati
24 Cincinnati
26 Chicago Cubs
27 Chicago Cubs
28 Chicago Cubs
30 at Philadelphia
31 at Philadelphia
AUGUST
1 at Philadelphia
2 at Tampa Bay
3 at Tampa Bay
4 at Tampa Bay
5 Milwaukee
6 Milwaukee
7 Milwaukee
8 Milwaukee
9 Baltimore
10 Baltimore
11 Baltimore
13 at Washington
14 at Washington
15 at Washington
16 at Miami
17 at Miami
18 at Miami
19 Boston
20 Boston
21 Boston
22 Pittsburgh
23 Pittsburgh
24 Pittsburgh
25 Pittsburgh
26 at Colorado
27 at Colorado
28 at Colorado
30 at Arizona
31 at Arizona
SEPTEMBER
1 at Arizona
2 at San Diego
3 at San Diego
4 at San Diego
5 Arizona
6 Arizona
7 Arizona
8 Arizona
9 Colorado
10 Colorado
11 Colorado
12 L.A. Dodgers
13 L.A. Dodgers
14 L.A. Dodgers
15 L.A. Dodgers
17 at N.Y. Mets
18 at N.Y. Mets
19 at N.Y. Mets
20 at N.Y. Yankees
21 at N.Y. Yankees
22 at N.Y. Yankees
24 L.A. Dodgers
25 L.A. Dodgers
26 L.A. Dodgers
27 San Diego
28 San Diego
29 San Diego
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