St. Louis Cardinals announce 60-game 2020 schedule

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The St. Louis Cardinals, in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s league-wide release, announces their 60-game 2020 season schedule. The regionally-based schedule will feature 40 divisional games among National League Central opponents and 20 Interleague games against American League Central teams.

The Cardinals will open the season at Busch Stadium on Friday, July 24, with a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates and finish their 60-game slate at Busch Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 27, versus the Milwaukee Brewers. The Redbirds will also take part in the only game to be played outside a current Major League city, when they take on the host Chicago White Sox in the “MLB at Field of Dreams presented by GEICO” game at the site of the beloved 1989 baseball-themed movie in Dyersville, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 13.

The 60-game schedule will feature 10 home series and 10 road series, with home matchups against Pittsburgh (July 24-26, Aug. 10-12), Detroit (Aug. 5-6), Chicago Cubs (Aug. 7-9), Cincinnati (Aug. 20-23, Sept. 11-13), Kansas City (Aug. 24-26), Cleveland (Aug. 28-30), Minnesota (Sept. 8-9), and Milwaukee (Sept. 24-27). The club will have multiple road series against Milwaukee (July 31-Aug. 2, Sept. 14-16) and the Chicago Cubs (Aug. 17-19, Sept. 4-7).

Of the Cardinals five home stands at Busch Stadium, the longest consists of 10 games (Aug. 20-30) with the Reds (four games), Royals (three games) and Indians (three games). The team’s longest road trip will also consist of 10 games (Sept. 14-23), while visiting the Brewers (three games), Pirates (four games) and the Royals (three games). The 60-game schedule allows the team to play three series against each NL Central opponent, two series versus AL Central opponents Kansas City (six games), Detroit (four games) and Minnesota (four games) and one series against both Cleveland (three games) and the Chicago White Sox (three games).

The Cardinals will make future announcements regarding broadcast schedules and any possible ticket availability for 2020 games at a later date.

The complete schedule can be seen here.

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