DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - The Texas Rangers announced their completed schedule for the 2021 season on Thursday.
The club had previously released the game times for their home games last month, and today's update includes game times for their road games.
The Rangers will have a record 29 home day games this season, six more than their previous record of 23, which occurred in both 2015 and 2019.
MLB is still planning on playing a full 162-game season after the COVID-19 pandemic shortened last year's season to just 60 games.
Here's a breakdown of the schedule:
The standard home game times will remain the same as 2020 with weekday night games at 7:05 p.m. CT, weekday day games at 1:05 p.m. CT, Saturdays at 6:05 p.m. CT, and Sundays at 1:35 p.m. CT.
Texas will start nine of 14 Saturday games at 6:05 p.m. CT The exceptions will be five Saturday starts at 3:05 p.m. CT due to national television schedule restrictions: May 22 vs, Houston, June 5 vs. Tampa Bay, June 19 vs. Minnesota, June 26 vs, Kansas City, and July 10 vs. Oakland.
All Sundays will be at 1:35 p.m. except the regular-season finale on Sunday, October 3 vs. Cleveland, which will be a Major League Baseball mandated 2:05 p.m. CT start.
The Rangers have 10 weekday day games on the 2021 Globe Life Field schedule, including a 3:10 p.m. start for the home opener on Monday, April 5 vs. Toronto. In addition, there are four Wednesdays and five Thursdays scheduled at 1:05 p.m. CT.
Texas will open the 2021 regular season with a three-game series in Kansas City, Thursday, April 1 at 3:10 p.m. CT and Saturday and Sunday, April 3-4 at 1:10 p.m. CT.
All game times are subject to change pending additions in the schedule of national television games.
You can see the full schedule below:
