The White Sox will open and close the 2013 season at home against the improved Kansas City Royals, and they’ll play the Cubs in four consecutive games against in late May.
Those are two of the highlights from next season’s tentative schedule released on Wednesday.
The Cubs-Sox series will be short and sweet. Two games will be played at U.S. Cellular Field on May 27-28 and two at Wrigley Field on May 29-30.
The opener is April 1 at home, and the season concludes in late September with four home games against the Royals, who improved their pitching staff with offseason additions of pitchers James Shields, Wade Davis and Ervin Santana.
Interleague play includes April 9-11 dates at the Washington Nationals, and the Sox play a home-and-home series against the New York Mets and visit the Philadelphia Phillies on July 12-14 prior to the All-Star break. The Sox host the Atlanta Braves on July 19-21.
The Sox play the Brewers at Milwaukee’s Miller Park in two exhibition games on March 29-30.
The Sox close their season at home on Sept. 26-29 against the Royals.
DATE OPPONENT
April 1 KANSAS CITY
April 3 KANSAS CITY
April 4 KANSAS CITY
April 5 SEATTLE
April 6 SEATTLE
April 7 SEATTLE
April 9 at Washington
April 10 at Washington
April 11 at Washington
April 12 at Cleveland
April 13 at Cleveland
April 14 at Cleveland
April 15 at Toronto
April 16 at Toronto
April 17 at Toronto
April 18 at Toronto
April 19 MINNESOTA
April 20 MINNESOTA
April 21 MINNESOTA
April 22 CLEVELAND
April 23 CLEVELAND
April 24 CLEVELAND
April 25 TAMPA BAY
April 26 TAMPA BAY
April 27 TAMPA BAY
April 28 TAMPA BAY
April 30 at Texas
May 1 at Texas
May 2 at Texas
May 3 at Kansas City
May 4 at Kansas City
May 5 at Kansas City
May 7 at New York Mets
May 8 at New York Mets
May 10 LOS ANGELES ANGELS
May 11 LOS ANGELES ANGELS
May 12 LOS ANGELES ANGELS
May 13 at Minnesota
May 14 at Minnesota
May 15 at Minnesota
May 16 at Los Angeles Angels
May 17 at Los Angeles Angels
May 18 at Los Angeles Angels
May 19 at Los Angeles Angels
May 20 BOSTON
May 21 BOSTON
May 22 BOSTON
May 24 MIAMI
May 25 MIAMI
May 26 MIAMI
May 27 CHICAGO CUBS
May 28 CHICAGO CUBS
May 29 at Chicago Cubs
May 30 at Chicago Cubs
May 31 at Oakland
June 1 at Oakland
June 2 at Oakland
June 3 at Seattle
June 4 at Seattle
June 5 at Seattle
June 6 OAKLAND
June 7 OAKLAND
June 8 OAKLAND
June 9 OAKLAND
June 10 TORONTO
June 11 TORONTO
June 12 TORONTO
June 14 at Houston
June 15 at Houston
June 16 at Houston
June 17 at Houston
June 18 at Minnesota
June 19 at Minnesota
June 20 at Minnesota
June 21 at Kansas City
June 22 at Kansas City
June 23 at Kansas City
June 25 NEW YORK METS
June 26 NEW YORK METS
June 28 CLEVELAND
June 29 CLEVELAND
June 30 CLEVELAND
July 2 BALTIMORE
July 3 BALTIMORE
July 4 BALTIMORE
July 5 at Tampa Bay
July 6 at Tampa Bay
July 7 at Tampa Bay
July 9 at Detroit
July 10 at Detroit
July 11 at Detroit
July 12 at Philadelphia
July 13 at Philadelphia
July 14 at Philadelphia
July 16 All-Star Game @ Citi Field, New York
July 19 ATLANTA
July 20 ATLANTA
July 21 ATLANTA
July 22 DETROIT
July 23 DETROIT
July 24 DETROIT
July 25 DETROIT
July 26 KANSAS CITY
July 27 KANSAS CITY
July 28 KANSAS CITY
July 29 at Cleveland
July 30 at Cleveland
July 31 at Cleveland
August 1 at Cleveland
August 2 at Detroit
August 3 at Detroit
August 4 at Detroit
August 5 NEW YORK YANKEES
August 6 NEW YORK YANKEES
August 7 NEW YORK YANKEES
August 9 MINNESOTA
August 10 MINNESOTA
August 11 MINNESOTA
August 12 DETROIT
August 13 DETROIT
August 14 DETROIT
August 15 at Minnesota
August 16 at Minnesota
August 17 at Minnesota
August 18 at Minnesota
August 20 at Kansas City
August 21 at Kansas City
August 22 at Kansas City
August 23 TEXAS
August 24 TEXAS
August 25 TEXAS
August 26 HOUSTON
August 27 HOUSTON
August 28 HOUSTON
August 30 at Boston
August 31 at Boston
September 1 at Boston
September 2 at New York Yankees
September 3 at New York Yankees
September 4 at New York Yankees
September 5 at Baltimore
September 6 at Baltimore
September 7 at Baltimore
September 8 at Baltimore
September 9 DETROIT
September 10 DETROIT
September 11 DETROIT
September 12 CLEVELAND
September 13 CLEVELAND
September 14 CLEVELAND
September 15 CLEVELAND
September 16 MINNESOTA
September 17 MINNESOTA
September 18 MINNESOTA
September 20 at Detroit
September 21 at Detroit
September 22 at Detroit
September 24 at Cleveland
September 25 at Cleveland
September 26 KANSAS CITY
September 27 KANSAS CITY
September 28 KANSAS CITY
September 29 KANSAS CITY
