by Ricky Doyle 5 months ago
Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy on Friday revealed a notable tweak to Boston’s 2022 schedule.
The Red Sox’s home opener against the Minnesota Twins on Friday, April 15, now will start at 2 p.m. ET, a change from that game’s originally planned 7:10 p.m. start time.
“It’s an important, busy day for many reasons,” Kennedy said on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” with the Major League Baseball lockout lifted. “It’s Jackie Robinson Day. It’s going to be One Boston Day. It’s Passover. So, we’ve got a lot of activities. It’s unusual to have so many things occurring on the same day, but it’ll be a great, great day in Boston — our traditional Opening Day start time at 2 o’clock.”
The Red Sox had been scheduled to begin the 2022 season at home on March 31 against the Tampa Bay Rays. The first two series of the MLB campaign were cancelled amid the lockout, though, and Boston now will open on the road, with three games against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium and three games against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park, before returning to Fenway Park on April 15.
MLB still plans to play a full 162-game schedule this season, so the games previously removed from the calendar will be rescheduled for later dates. Opening Day for the league is scheduled for April 7, and the Red Sox and Yankees will kick off the season that day with a 1:05 p.m. first pitch in the Bronx.
Updated: 8:25 AM EDT Apr 6, 2022
Boston Red Sox's Opening Day game against Yankees in New York rescheduled because of weather Updated: 8:25 AM EDT Apr 6, 2022
Boston Red Sox's Opening Day game against Yankees in New York rescheduled because of weather Updated: 8:25 AM EDT Apr 6, 2022
Boston Red Sox fans will need to wait one extra day for the start of the new season. The team's Opening Day game against the New York Yankees in the Bronx is being postponed because of the forecast for inclement weather, the Yankees announced.The teams are now scheduled to open the season on Friday at 1:05 p.m. Boston previously announced that pitcher Nathan Eovaldi would get the ball as the starter for Opening Day. Boston was originally scheduled to open the season at home against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on March 31.That changed, however, when the offseason MLB lockout dragged on into March, which caused the league to initially scrap the first two series of the 2022 season. The league later restored the 2022 schedule to 162 games for each team after the MLB and MLB Players Association signed a new collective bargaining agreement on March 10.Boston's home opener against the Twins on April 15 is scheduled for a 2:05 p.m. start. In addition to celebrating Fenway Park's first game of 2022, April 15 also marks One Boston Day and the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking MLB's color barrier.
CONCOURSE, N.Y. —
Boston Red Sox fans will need to wait one extra day for the start of the new season.
The team's Opening Day game against the New York Yankees in the Bronx is being postponed because of the forecast for inclement weather, the Yankees announced.
The teams are now scheduled to open the season on Friday at 1:05 p.m.
Boston previously announced that pitcher Nathan Eovaldi would get the ball as the starter for Opening Day.
Boston was originally scheduled to open the season at home against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on March 31.
That changed, however, when the offseason MLB lockout dragged on into March, which caused the league to initially scrap the first two series of the 2022 season. The league later restored the 2022 schedule to 162 games for each team after the MLB and MLB Players Association signed a new collective bargaining agreement on March 10.
Boston's home opener against the Twins on April 15 is scheduled for a 2:05 p.m. start. In addition to celebrating Fenway Park's first game of 2022, April 15 also marks One Boston Day and the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking MLB's color barrier.
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Opening Day at Fenway Park is Friday (tomorrow). The Boston Red Sox will host the Minnesota Twins at 2:10 p.m.
Fenway Park gates for the home opener will open at 12:10 p.m., two hours before first pitch. Gates open an hour and a half before first pitch for all other regular season games.
The Red Sox are asking fans to be in their seats by 1:30 p.m. for pregame ceremonies, which includes a flyover (an MH-60T helicopter). The pregame ceremonies also will air on NESN.
The Premiere Choir of Boston Children’s Chorus will perform the national anthem. Springfield native Michelle Brooks Thompson will sign God Bless America.
Start time and TV schedule: The game starts at 2:10 p.m., eastern and will air on NESN.
Live stream info: NESN | fuboTV | Sling - If you have a cable subscription, you can use login credentials from your TV provider to watch via NESN or the NESN app. If you live within a New England TV market that carries NESN, you can also stream the broadcast on smart TVs and streaming devices via Sling and fuboTV, which has a free trial.
Red Sox and Twins so far
The Red Sox went 3-3 on their opening road trip. They lost two of three games to New York at Yankee Stadium and won two of three games vs. the Tigers at Comerica Park.
The Twins enter 2-4 after splitting a four-game series against the Mariners, then losing two games to the Dodgers.
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Red Sox vs. Twins series pitching probables:
Friday, 2:10 p.m.: RHP Nick Pivetta (0-1, 6.35) vs. RHP Joe Ryan (0-1, 4.50)
Saturday, 4:10 p.m.: RHP Tanner Houck (0-0, 8.10) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (0-0, 3.86)
Sunday, 1:35 p.m.: RHP Michael Wacha (0-0, 2.08) vs. RHP Bailey Ober (1-0, 7.20)
Monday, 11:10 a.m.: LHP Rich Hill (0-0, 6.23) vs. RHP Dylan Bundy (1-0, 0.00)
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