Major League Baseball and the Chicago Cubs today announced the tentative 2011 regular season schedule. Chicago will open its 136th season Friday, April 1 at Wrigley Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Cubs will begin the 2011 campaign home for just the second time in the last 10 seasons, joining the 2008 campaign that began on March 31 vs. Milwaukee. The season-opening homestand features three games against Pittsburgh (April 1-3) and three games against Arizona April 4-6.
The 2011 schedule features five interleague series, including the traditional home-and-home sets against the Chicago White Sox (July 1-3 at Wrigley Field, June 20-22 at U.S. Cellular Field) as well as the club’s first-ever regular season visit to play the Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston from May 20-22 (the Cubs have played regular season games against the Boston Braves from 1914-15 and World Series games against the Red Sox in 1918 at Fenway Park). The Cubs will host the New York Yankees June 17-19 and visit the Kansas City Royals June 24-26.
Chicago’s first road trip features three series and nine games. After three games at the Milwaukee Brewers April 8-10, the road trip continues with three games in Houston (April 11-13) and three games in Colorado (April 15-17).
The Cubs 2011 tentative schedule features four three-series homestands and four three-city trips. The Cubs longest homestand is a 10-game, 11-day stay right after the All-Star Break from July 14-24 against Florida , Philadelphia and Houston.
The Cubs are scheduled to host five holiday games: April 24 vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers on Easter Sunday, May 8 vs. the Cincinnati Reds on Mother’s Day, May 30 vs. the Houston Astros on Memorial Day, June 19 vs. the New York Yankees on Father’s Day and September 5 vs. the Cincinnati Reds on Labor Day. The Cubs are scheduled to be in Washington D.C. for Fourth of July.
Chicago Cubs 2011 Schedule
Tentative and subject to change
April 1-3: PITTSBURGH (3 games)
April 4-6: ARIZONA (3)
April 8-10: at Milwaukee (3)
April 11-13: at Houston (3)
April 15-17: at Colorado (3)
April 18-20: SAN DIEGO (3)
April 22-24: LOS ANGELES (NL, 3)
April 25-27: COLORADO (3)
April 28-May 1: at Arizona (4)
May 2-4: at Los Angeles (NL, 3)
May 6-8: CINCINNATI (3)
May 10-12: ST. LOUIS (3)
May 13-15: SAN FRANCISCO (3)
May 16-17: at Cincinnati (2)
May 18-19: at Florida (2)
May 20-22: at Boston (3)
May 24-26: NEW YORK (NL, 3)
May 27-29: PITTSBURGH (3)
May 30-June 1: HOUSTON (3)
June 3-5: at St. Louis (3)
June 6-8: at Cincinnati (3)
June 9-12: at Philadelphia (4)
June 13-16: MILWAUKEE (4)
June 17-19: NEW YORK (AL, 3)
June 20-22: at White Sox (3)
June 24-26: at Kansas City (3)
June 28-30: SAN FRANCISCO (3)
July 1-3: WHITE SOX (3)
July 4-7: at Washington (4)
July 8-10: at Pittsburgh (3)
July 12: All-Star Game in Phoenix
July 14-17: FLORIDA (4)
July 18-20: PHILADELPHIA (3)
July 22-24: HOUSTON (3)
July 26-28: at Milwaukee (3)
July 29-31: at St. Louis (3)
August 1-4: at Pittsburgh (4)
August 5-7: CINCINNATI (3)
August 8-10: WASHINGTON (3)
August 12-14: at Atlanta (3)
August 15-17: at Houston (3)
August 19-21: ST. LOUIS (3)
August 22-25: ATLANTA (4)
August 26-28: at Milwaukee (3)
August 29-31: at San Francisco (3)
September 2-4: PITTSBURGH (3)
September 5-7: CINCINNATI (3)
September 9-11: at New York (NL, 3)
September 12-15: at Cincinnati (4)
September 16-18: HOUSTON (3)
September 19-21: MILWAUKEE (3)
September 23-25: at St. Louis (3)
September 26-28: at San Diego (3)
Please Note: Home Games in Bold