Red Sox 2024 schedule released, starts with 10-game west coast trip

For the second time in five seasons, the Red Sox will open their season with a long west coast trip in 2024.

Boston will open its season in Seattle on March 28 to start a four-game series against the Mariners, then travel to Oakland for a three-game series against the Athletics. After an off day on April 4, the Red Sox will face the Angels for three games before finally heading home after a 10-game trip. The club’s home opener is April 9 against the Orioles. That game begins a 10-game homestand against the O’s, Angels and Guardians; Boston will host Cleveland on Patriots’ Day (April 15). Major League Baseball officially announced the entire 2024 schedule Thursday afternoon.

In 2019, the opening west coast swing was not kind to the Red Sox, who went 3-8 on their trip to Seattle, Oakland and Arizona. That team missed the postseason after winning the World Series in 2018.

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Longtime Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts will return to Fenway Park as a member of the Padres for the first time for a three-game series from June 28-30. A couple weeks later, for the first time since the 2018 World Series, the Red Sox will face the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. That three-game series, which immediately follows the All-Star break, will take place from July 19-21. Boston will also visit St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Miami, Colorado and New York (Mets) in interleague play.

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The Red Sox will end their season with a three-game set against the Rays from Sept. 27-29. Other highlights of the schedule include:

* Eight National League teams will make trips to Fenway Park next season, including the San Diego Padres for the first time since 2013 (June 28-30), the Arizona Diamondbacks for the first time since 2016 (August 23-25), and the Chicago Cubs for the first time since 2017 (April 26-28). The team will also host the San Francisco Giants (April 30-May 2), Washington Nationals (May 10-12), Milwaukee Brewers (May 24-26), Atlanta Braves (June 4-5), and Philadelphia Phillies (June 11-13).

* The Red Sox will travel to eight National League ballparks in 2024, including Dodger Stadium for the first time in the regular season since 2016 (July 19-21) and Busch Stadium for the first time since 2017 (May 17-19). Other Interleague road trips include PNC Park for three games against the Pittsburgh Pirates (April 19-21); Truist Park for two games against the Atlanta Braves (May 7-8); Great American Ball Park for three games against the Cincinnati Reds (June 21-23); loanDepot park for three games against the Miami Marlins (July 2-4); Coors Field for three games against the Colorado Rockies (July 22-24); and Citi Field for three games against the New York Mets (September 2-4).

* The Red Sox will be home on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, for the last of a three-game series against the Washington Nationals and will close out a three-game series against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16.