The Wichita Wind Surge, Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, has released its regular-season schedule for all 60 home games.
Opening Night for the inaugural season of Wind Surge baseball at Riverfront Stadium downtown will be Tuesday, May 11th when the Surge takes on the Amarillo Sod Poodles. The Wind Surge will open the season on May 4th, visiting the Springfield Cardinals.
The Wind Surge will compete in the newly formed Double-A Central League. The new, 10-team league is part of Major League Baseball’s reorganization of Minor League Baseball. The season will be 120 games; each series will be six games, with teams playing each other for six straight days Tuesday through Sunday; every Monday will be a league-wide off day.
Wichita will host a dozen games each month, May through September, with the season concluding at home on September 19th.
The season will see Riverfront Stadium open with limited-capacity seating, while also following strict Covid-19 safety protocols recommended by local health officials and Major League Baseball.