On Wednesday, the St. Louis Cardinals announced their 2012 home regular season schedule in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s league-wide release. The Cardinals will open their home slate Friday, April 13 vs. Chicago. It marks the latest home opener for the Cardinals since 1991 when the team’s first home game was on April 19 vs. Philadelphia. The Redbirds’ opening homestand features three games against division rival Chicago (April 13-15), followed by three vs. the Cincinnati Reds (April 17-19). The Cardinals play division opponents in each of their first four home series through May 3.
The club’s home interleague action features a three-team homestand that brings the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals to St. Louis (June 8-17). Following a 9-game road-trip, the club returns home for a 10-game homestand facing Pittsburgh for three, the Colorado Rockies for four games and Miami for three games (June 29-July 8) leading into the All-Star break. The other three team homestand falls in August (14-23) when the club is home for 16 of 19 games August 3-23.
St. Louis will host the Chicago Cubs two additional times besides the home opening weekend; hosting a two-game Monday-Tuesday series, May 14-15, and a three game weekend series in July (20-22). The Cardinals will host both Milwaukee and Pittsburgh for three, three-game series each. However division opponent Houston will visit St. Louis just twice next season, with their first visit not coming until August 21-23. Cincinnati is also at Busch Stadium on just two occasions next season. After hosting the Reds for three games during the opening homestand, the Cardinals don’t see the Reds at Busch Stadium until the final three games of the season (October 1-3). St. Louis will close the season at home with three games vs. the Washington Nationals (Sept. 28-30) followed by the final three vs. the Reds as the season once again ends on a Wednesday.
The Redbirds will host every National League East and West team one time during 2012, playing the National League East 16 times at home and the National League West teams 17 times. St. Louis will host 43 games at Busch Stadium before the All-Star break, and 38 after the break. The team has nine home dates in April, 15 in May, 11 in June, 15 in July, a season-high 16 in August and 15 September/October home games.
Notes: The full 2012 schedule, home and away, can be viewed and/or downloaded here.
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The Cardinals will make future announcements regarding game times, ticket pricing and availability for the 2012 season. The 2012 home schedule follows.
2012 St. Louis Cardinals Home Schedule
| April |
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| April 13-14 |
Friday-Sunday |
Chicago Cubs |
| April 17-19 |
Tuesday-Thursday |
Cincinnati Reds |
| April 27-29 |
Friday-Sunday |
Milwaukee Brewers |
| May |
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| May 1-3 |
Tuesday-Thursday |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
| May 11-13 |
Friday-Sunday |
Atlanta Braves |
| May 14-15 |
Monday-Tuesday |
Chicago Cubs |
| May 21-23 |
Monday-Wednesday |
San Diego Padres |
| May 24-27 |
Thursday-Sunday |
Philadelphia Phillies |
| June |
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| June 8-10 |
Friday-Sunday |
Cleveland
Indians |
| June 12-14 |
Tuesday-Thursday |
Chicago White
Sox |
| June 15-17 |
Friday-Sunday |
Kansas City
Royals |
| June 29-July 1 |
Friday-Sunday |
Pittsburgh
Pirates |
| July |
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| July 2-5 |
Monday-Thursday |
Colorado
Rockies |
| July 6-8 |
Friday-Sunday |
Miami
Marlins |
| July 20-22 |
Friday-Sunday |
Chicago Cubs |
| July 23-26 |
Monday-Thursday |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
| August |
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| August 3-5 |
Friday-Sunday |
Milwaukee
Brewers |
| August 6-9 |
Monday-Thursday |
San Francisco Giants |
| August 14-16 |
Tuesday-Thursday |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
| August 17-19 |
Friday-Sunday |
Pittsburgh
Pirates |
| August 21-23 |
Tuesday-Thursday |
Houston Astros |
| Sept./October |
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| Sept. 3-5 |
Monday-Wednesday |
New York Mets |
| Sept. 7-9 |
Friday-Sunday |
Milwaukee
Brewers |
| Sept. 18-20 |
Tuesday-Thursday |
Houston Astros |
| Sept. 28-30 |
Friday-Sunday |
Washington
Nationals |
| October 1-3 |
Monday-Wednesday |
Cincinnati
Reds |