Arizona Diamondbacks announce 2019 schedule

It will be the second time in franchise history the D-backs have hosted the Red Sox at Chase Field (also 2007). The D-backs will also host the New York Yankees at Chase Field for the first time since 2016 with a two-game set on April 30 and May 1 and will be the fourth time the Yankees have visited Chase Field during the regular season. The team will begin the season on the road for the first time since 2011, with a series against the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning on March 28.

• The D-backs are home for Mother’s Day (May 12 vs. Braves), Labor Day (Sept. 2 vs. Padres) and will host a Fourth of July fireworks spectacular on July 5 (vs. Rockies). The D-backs will also host the Chicago Cubs for a weekend series April 26-28.
• Interleague Play will consist of four home matchups against the Boston Red Sox (April 5-7), Texas Rangers (April 9-10), New York Yankees (April 30-May 1) and Baltimore Orioles (July 22-24). The team will make trips to face the Tampa Bay Rays (May 6-8), Toronto Blue Jays (June 7-9), Rangers (July 16-17) and Yankees (July 30-31).
• The D-backs will close the 2019 regular season at home with a three-game series vs. the Padres Sept. 27-29.

I note the presence of a scheduled double-header against the Giants in San Francisco on June 29. Also, despite the presence of the fireworks spectacular on July 5, the D-backs will have an off-day on July 4. This is a bit of a shame. as that’s typically one of the largest draws of the year (there were over 44,000 at Chase for this year’s Independence Day Game against the Cardinals). I’m not sure July 5 will be quite the same... The schedule does appear to be more broken up than I have seen it. The longest stretch of games without an off-day is 13 in a row, which happens several times.

Below is the full schedule. Most start times are still to be decided, but I would imagine the home games will generally be 6:40pm during the week, with 5:10pm or 1:10pm for most Saturday and Sunday games respectively.