Events surrounding the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and interleague contests against the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins highlight the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2011 regular-season schedule at Chase Field, which the D-backs released today in conjunction with the other 29 Major League clubs.
Numerous All-Star Summer events will precede the 82nd Midsummer Classic that will be played at Chase Field on July 12. MLB's All-Star FanFest, an interactive baseball theme park and the largest baseball fan event in the world, will occupy the Phoenix Convention Center from July 8-12. All-Star Sunday at Chase Field will include the All-Star Futures Game and All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game on July 10. All-Star Workout Day on July 11 will feature the fan-favorite Home Run Derby.
Arizona will open the 2011 season with a six-game road trip, starting with a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies April 1-3 in Denver, Colo. and followed by a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field April 4-6. The D-backs will open their home schedule with a 6:40 p.m. game against the Cincinnati Reds on April 8 to begin a nine-game homestand, which also includes series against the St. Louis Cardinals (April 11-13) and San Francisco Giants (April 15-17).
The Twins will be the D-backs' first interleague opponent next season when they visit Chase Field for a three-game weekend series May 20-22. The White Sox will visit June 17-19 for another three-game weekend series prior to the Indians closing out the D-backs' home interleague schedule June 27-29. Arizona will also play interleague series on the road next season in Kansas City (June 21-23), Detroit (June 24-26) and Oakland (July 1-3).
Other series on the D-backs' 2011 home schedule include the defending (for now!) National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies with an early-season visit April 25-27 followed by a four-game weekend series against the Cubs from April 28-May 1. The Atlanta Braves will make a brief two-game visit May 18-19 and the New York Mets will face the D-backs at Chase Field Aug. 12-14. The rival Los Angeles Dodgers will make the first of three visits for a weekend series July 15-17, followed by another weekend series Aug. 5-17 before concluding the regular season Sept. 26-28.
Major League Baseball adopted the recommendation of the Commissioner's Special Committee for On-Field Matters to begin the regular season earlier and during the week to avoid playing World Series games in November. Thank heavens for that. The full schedule is after the jump
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 2011 SCHEDULEDate Opponent Time
April
1 at Colorado TBA
2 at Colorado TBA
3 at Colorado TBA
4 at Chicago Cubs TBA
5 at Chicago Cubs TBA
6 at Chicago Cubs TBA
8 Cincinnati 6:40 p.m.
9 Cincinnati 5:10 p.m.
10 Cincinnati 1:10 p.m.
11 St. Louis 6:40 p.m.
12 St. Louis 6:40 p.m.
13 St. Louis 6:40 p.m.
15 San Francisco 6:40 p.m.
16 San Francisco 5:10 p.m.
17 San Francisco 1:10 p.m.
19 at Cincinnati TBA
20 at Cincinnati TBA
21 at Cincinnati TBA
22 at New York Mets TBA
23 at New York Mets TBA
24 at New York Mets TBA
25 Philadelphia 6:40 p.m.
26 Philadelphia 6:40 p.m.
27 Philadelphia 12:40 p.m.
28 Chicago Cubs 6:40 p.m.
29 Chicago Cubs 6:40 p.m.
30 Chicago Cubs 5:10 p.m.
May
1 Chicago Cubs 1:10 p.m.
3 Colorado 6:40 p.m.
4 Colorado 6:40 p.m.
5 Colorado 6:40 p.m.
6 at San Diego TBA
7 at San Diego TBA
8 at San Diego TBA
10 at San Francisco TBA
11 at San Francisco TBA
12 at San Francisco TBA
13 at LA Dodgers TBA
14 at LA Dodgers TBA
15 at LA Dodgers TBA
16 San Diego 6:40 p.m.
17 San Diego 6:40 p.m.
18 Atlanta 6:40 p.m.
19 Atlanta 6:40 p.m.
20 Minnesota 6:40 p.m.
21 Minnesota 5:10 p.m.
22 Minnesota 1:10 p.m.
24 at Colorado TBA
25 at Colorado TBA
26 at Colorado TBA
27 at Houston TBA
28 at Houston TBA
29 at Houston TBA
30 Florida 5:10 p.m.
31 Florida 6:40 p.m.
June
1 Florida 12:40 p.m.
2 Washington 6:40 p.m.
3 Washington 6:40 p.m.
4 Washington 5:10 p.m.
5 Washington 1:10 p.m.
7 at Pittsburgh TBA
8 at Pittsburgh TBA
9 at Pittsburgh TBA
10 at Florida TBA
11 at Florida TBA
12 at Florida TBA
13 at Florida TBA
14 San Francisco 6:40 p.m.
15 San Francisco 6:40 p.m.
16 San Francisco 6:40 p.m.
17 Chicago White Sox 6:40 p.m.
18 Chicago White Sox 5:10 p.m.
19 Chicago White Sox 1:10 p.m.
21 at Kansas City TBA
22 at Kansas City TBA
23 at Kansas City TBA
24 at Detroit TBA
25 at Detroit TBA
26 at Detroit TBA
27 Cleveland 6:40 p.m.
28 Cleveland 6:40 p.m.
29 Cleveland 6:40 p.m.
July
1 at Oakland TBA
2 at Oakland TBA
3 at Oakland TBA
4 at Milwaukee TBA
5 at Milwaukee TBA
6 at Milwaukee TBA
7 at St. Louis TBA
8 at St. Louis TBA
9 at St. Louis TBA
10 at St. Louis TBA
11
12 All-Star Game
13 at Chase Field
14
15 LA Dodgers 6:40 p.m.
16 LA Dodgers 5:10 p.m.
17 LA Dodgers 1:10 p.m.
18 Milwaukee 6:40 p.m.
19 Milwaukee 6:40 p.m.
20 Milwaukee 6:40 p.m.
21 Milwaukee 6:40 p.m.
22 Colorado 6:40 p.m.
23 Colorado 5:10 p.m.
24 Colorado 1:10 p.m.
26 at San Diego TBA
27 at San Diego TBA
28 at San Diego TBA
29 at LA Dodgers TBA
30 at LA Dodgers TBA
31 at LA Dodgers TBA
August
1 at San Francisco TBA
2 at San Francisco TBA
3 at San Francisco TBA
5 LA Dodgers 6:40 p.m.
6 LA Dodgers 5:10 p.m.
7 LA Dodgers 1:10 p.m.
8 Houston 6:40 p.m.
9 Houston 6:40 p.m.
10 Houston 6:40 p.m.
11 Houston 6:40 p.m.
12 New York Mets 6:40 p.m.
13 New York Mets 5:10 p.m.
14 New York Mets 1:10 p.m.
16 at Philadelphia TBA
17 at Philadelphia TBA
18 at Philadelphia TBA
19 at Atlanta TBA
20 at Atlanta TBA
21 at Atlanta TBA
22 at Washington TBA
23 at Washington TBA
24 at Washington TBA
25 at Washington TBA
26 San Diego 6:40 p.m.
27 San Diego 5:10 p.m.
28 San Diego 1:10 p.m.
29 Colorado 6:40 p.m.
30 Colorado 6:40 p.m.
31 Colorado 6:40 p.m.
September
2 at San Francisco TBA
3 at San Francisco TBA
4 at San Francisco TBA
5 at Colorado TBA
6 at Colorado TBA
7 at Colorado TBA
8 San Diego 6:40 p.m.
9 San Diego 6:40 p.m.
10 San Diego 5:10 p.m.
11 San Diego 1:10 p.m.
12 at LA Dodgers TBA
13 at LA Dodgers TBA
14 at LA Dodgers TBA
16 at San Diego TBA
17 at San Diego TBA
18 at San Diego TBA
19 Pittsburgh 6:40 p.m.
20 Pittsburgh 6:40 p.m.
21 Pittsburgh 12:40 p.m.
23 San Francisco 6:40 p.m.
24 San Francisco 5:10 p.m.
25 San Francisco 1:10 p.m.
26 LA Dodgers 6:40 p.m.
27 LA Dodgers 6:40 p.m.
28 LA Dodgers 6:40 p.m.
*Schedule and times subject to change.
*All times listed are Arizona times.