It's coming a few months late, but the Texas Rangers have a date and an opponent for their first regular-season game at their new home, Globe Life Field.
The Rangers will host the Colorado Rockies at 7:05 p.m. Friday, July 24 in the team’s 2020 opener -- the first game in a five-game homestand against NL West opponents.
They play the Rockies Friday, Saturday and Sunday before hosting the Diamondbacks in a two-game series on Monday and Tuesday, July 28-29.
The Rangers will then go on a six-game, seven-day trip to San Francisco and Oakland. The Rangers return home on Friday, Aug. 7 for a six-game homestand that features a pair of AL West foes, the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners.
Texas will be at home for 15 of 23 games between Aug. 7-30 before closing the regular season with a four-game series against the defending AL Champs, the Houston Astros, Sept. 24-27.
In the abbreviated 60-game schedule in 2020, the Rangers will play 40 games versus AL West opponents, 20 at Globe Life Field and 20 on the road.
Details are expected soon at TexasRangers.com.
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Ahead of the opener, the Rangers and Rockies will face-off at Globe Life Field in a pair of exhibition games on July 21-22.
As the pandemic surges onward, the team confirmed outfielder Joey Gallo had tested positive for the virus. Gallo is asymptomatic and is isolating at home; team president Jon Daniels was optimistic Gallo could be ready to go by the opener.
