The Indians open the 2011 season at home against a familiar opponent.
The White Sox, with or without Manny Ramirez, will be the Indians' opening day opponent once again on April 1 at Progressive Field.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians will open the 2011 season on April 1 against the White Sox at Progressive Field, as next year's schedule was released Tuesday night by MLB. It will be the sixth time in the last seven years that the Indians open the season against Chicago.
After Chicago visits, Boston arrives for a three-game series to complete the first homestand. It will be the first of two trips the Red Sox make to Cleveland. They visit Progressive Field a second time May 23-25.
The Yankees make one visit, a three-game series July 4-6.
Interleague foes visiting Progressive Field include Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Colorado. The Indians will complete the interleague schedule with trips to San Francisco, Cincinnati and Phoenix to play the Diamondbacks.
The season is beginning earlier in 2011 to prevent the World Series from being played in November.
Here's a month-by-month breakdown of the Indians home games: April: 14; May: 13; June: 13; July: 16; August: 15; September: 10.
The Indians' longest homestand will be a 10-gamer against Seattle, Kansas City and Oakland from Aug. 22 through Sept. 1. The longest trip of the year is a 10-gamer against Chicago, Texas and Minnesota.
The All-Star break is July 11-13.