CLEVELAND — Before playing a single game in 2020, as the league hopes to pull off a shortened season, Major League Baseball announced its 2021 schedule and the Cleveland Indians open next year on the road.
The Indians’ 2021 season will open on the road against the Detroit Tigers on April 1 for a three-game series.
The Tribe will return to Cleveland for the home opener on Monday, April 5 as the team takes on the Kansas City Royals. The home opener will kick off a five-game homestand against the Royals and the Tigers.
For the first time since 2017, the Tribe will play in Cleveland on the Fourth of July, taking on the Houston Astros in a four-game series at Progressive Field.
Between Memorial Day and the end of August, Cleveland will host eight weekends of baseball at Progressive Field with opponents including the Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, the Tigers, the Royals and the Astros.
Cleveland will also host two nine-game homestands, one in April and one in August.
The full schedule is as follows, but the dates are subject to change, the team said:
APRIL
April 1 @ Detroit
April 3 @ Detroit
April 4 @ Detroit
April 5 v Kansas City
April 7 v Kansas City
April 9 v Detroit
April 10 v Detroit
April 11 v Detroit
April 12 @ Chicago-AL
April 13 @ Chicago-AL
April 14 @ Chicago-AL
April 15 @ Chicago-AL
April 16 @ Cincinnati
April 17 @ Cincinnati
April 18 @ Cincinnati
April 20 v Chicago-AL
April 21 v Chicago-AL
April 22 v New York-AL
April 23 v New York-AL
April 24 v New York-AL
April 25 v New York-AL
April 26 v Minnesota
April 27 v Minnesota
April 28 v Minnesota
April 30 @ Chicago-AL
MAY
May 1 @ Chicago-AL
May 2 @ Chicago-AL
May 3 @ Kansas City
May 4 @ Kansas City
May 5 @ Kansas City
May 6 @ Kansas City
May 7 v Cincinnati
May 8 v Cincinnati
May 9 v Cincinnati
May 11 v Chicago-NL
May 12 v Chicago-NL
May 13 @ Seattle
May 14 @ Seattle
May 15 @ Seattle
May 16 @ Seattle
May 17 @ Los Angeles-AL
May 18 @ Los Angeles-AL
May 19 @ Los Angeles-AL
May 21 v Minnesota
May 22 v Minnesota
May 23 v Minnesota
May 24 @ Detroit
May 25 @ Detroit
May 26 @ Detroit
May 27 @ Detroit
May 28 v Toronto
May 29 v Toronto
May 30 v Toronto
May 31 v Chicago-AL
JUNE
June 1 v Chicago-AL
June 2 v Chicago-AL
June 4 @ Baltimore
June 5 @ Baltimore
June 6 @ Baltimore
June 8 @ St. Louis
June 9 @ St. Louis
June 11 v Seattle
June 12 v Seattle
June 13 v Seattle
June 14 v Baltimore
June 15 v Baltimore
June 16 v Baltimore
June 17 v Baltimore
June 18 @ Pittsburgh
June 19 @ Pittsburgh
June 20 @ Pittsburgh
June 21 @ Chicago-NL
June 22 @ Chicago-NL
June 24 @ Minnesota
June 25 @ Minnesota
June 26 @ Minnesota
June 27 @ Minnesota
June 28 v Detroit
June 29 v Detroit
June 30 v Detroit
JULY
July 1 v Houston
July 2 v Houston
July 3 v Houston
July 4 v Houston
July 5 @ Tampa Bay
July 6 @ Tampa Bay
July 7 @ Tampa Bay
July 8 v Kansas City
July 9 v Kansas City
July 10 v Kansas City
July 11 v Kansas City
July 16 @ Oakland
July 17 @ Oakland
July 18 @ Oakland
July 19 @ Houston
July 20 @ Houston
July 21 @ Houston
July 22 v Tampa Bay
July 23 v Tampa Bay
July 24 v Tampa Bay
July 25 v Tampa Bay
July 27 v St. Louis
July 28 v St. Louis
July 30 @ Chicago-AL
July 31 @ Chicago-AL
AUGUST
August 1 @ Chicago-AL
August 2 @ Toronto
August 3 @ Toronto
August 4 @ Toronto
August 5 @ Toronto
August 6 v Detroit
August 7 v Detroit
August 8 v Detroit
August 10 v Oakland
August 11 v Oakland
August 12 v Oakland
August 13 @ Detroit
August 14 @ Detroit
August 15 @ Detroit
August 16 @ Minnesota
August 17 @ Minnesota
August 18 @ Minnesota
August 20 v Los Angeles-AL
August 21 v Los Angeles-AL
August 22 v Los Angeles-AL
August 24 v Texas
August 25 v Texas
August 26 v Texas
August 27 v Boston
August 28 v Boston
August 29 v Boston
August 31 @ Kansas City
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
September 1 @ Kansas City
September 2 @ Kansas City
September 3 @ Boston
September 4 @ Boston
September 5 @ Boston
September 6 v Minnesota
September 7 v Minnesota
September 8 v Minnesota
September 9 v Minnesota
September 10 v Milwaukee
September 11 v Milwaukee
September 12 v Milwaukee
September 14 @ Minnesota
September 15 @ Minnesota
September 17 @ New York-AL
September 18 @ New York-AL
September 19 @ New York-AL
September 20 v Kansas City
September 21 v Kansas City
September 22 v Kansas City
September 23 v Chicago-AL
September 24 v Chicago-AL
September 25 v Chicago-AL
September 26 v Chicago-AL
September 28 @ Kansas City
September 29 @ Kansas City
September 30 @ Kansas City
October 1 @ Texas
October 2 @ Texas
October 3 @ Texas
Also subject to change is the team's name, which is currently being reviewed and discussed within the organizations after a decades-long attempt by advocates, Native American groups and demonstrators to have the team name changed as well as the former logo Chief Wahoo, which was taken off in-game and on-field apparel and displays in 2018.
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