Rangers Announce 2011 Spring Training Schedule
Arlington (105.3 The Fan) - The Texas Rangers are scheduled to play 33 spring training games in 2011, including 31 Cactus League contests. The club released its complete spring training schedule and pricing on Wednesday.
Texas' 31-game Arizona schedule features 16 contests at Surprise Stadium/Billy Parker Field. The Rangers will be the home team for 15 of those games and will be the visiting club on Sunday, March 20 against the Kansas City Royals, who share the Surprise complex with Texas. Those two teams will play three times overall in Surprise in 2011, opening the spring schedule with consecutive games on Sunday, February 27 and Monday, February 28, the latter date being the Surprise Sundancers Charity Game.
In addition, the Rangers will host the other 13 Cactus League teams once each: Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, and Seattle Mariners.
Texas will play 6:05 p.m. MT games in Surprise with Colorado on Wednesday, March 16 and versus San Diego on Thursday, March 24. All other Rangers games in Surprise will be 1:05 p.m. MT starts.
The Rangers will close the 2011 spring training slate with exhibition games in the home parks of the team's two new minor league affiliates. Texas will play Coastal Carolina University at BB&T Coastal Field, home of the class A Myrtle Beach Pelicans, on Tuesday, March 29 at 6:35 p.m. EDT. The club's spring finale will be on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m. CDT versus the class AAA Round Rock Express at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock. Texas begins defense of its A.L. championship on Friday, April 1 versus the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
2011 individual ticket prices for Texas Rangers games at Surprise Stadium: Lower Dugout--$24.00; Upper Dugout--$21.00; Infield--$18.00; Plaza--$14.00; and Lawn--$7.00. Full season, 7-Game ticket packages, and Sunday 5-Game packages are also available as well as group ticket packages. Parking is free to all games at Surprise Stadium.
Full season ticket packages go on sale Saturday, December 4, and information is available by calling 623-222-2222 or by going to www.surprisespringtraining.com. Spring training individual tickets for 2011 will go on sale on Saturday, January 8th.
Sunday, February 27 Kansas City Royals Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Monday, February 28 Kansas City Royals Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 1 Seattle Mariners Peoria 1:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 2 Los Angeles Angels Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, March 3 Cleveland Indians Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Friday, March 4 Oakland A's Phoenix 1:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 5 Arizona Diamondbacks Scottsdale 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 6 Milwaukee Brewers Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Monday, March 7 San Francisco Giants Scottsdale 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 8 Los Angeles Angels Tempe 1:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9 Oakland A's Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, March 10 Chicago White Sox Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Friday, March 11 Cincinnati Reds Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 12 Chicago White Sox Glendale 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 13 San Francisco Giants Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Monday, March 14 Los Angeles Dodgers Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15 Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale 1:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 16 Colorado Rockies Surprise Stadium 6:05 p.m.
Thursday, March 17 San Diego Padres Peoria 7:05 p.m.
Friday, March 18 Cleveland Indians Goodyear 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 19 Seattle Mariners Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 20 Kansas City Royals Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Monday, March 21 Milwaukee Brewers Maryvale 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22 Off Day
Wednesday, March 23 Arizona Diamondbacks Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, March 24 Cincinnati Reds (SS) Goodyear 1:05 p.m.
San Diego Padres (SS) Surprise Stadium 6:05 p.m.
Friday, March 25 Colorado Rockies Scottsdale 6:40 p.m.
Saturday, March 26 Chicago Cubs Surprise Stadium 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 27 Seattle Mariners Peoria 1:05 p.m.
Monday, March 28 Arizona Diamondbacks Scottsdale 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 29 Coastal Carolina University Myrtle Beach, SC 6:35 p.m. (EDT)
Wednesday, March 30 Round Rock Express Dell Diamond, Round Rock 6:30 p.m. (CDT)
Home Games in Bold
Schedule and times are subject to change
NOTE: Surprise is one hour behind Texas time through March 12 and two hours behind beginning March 13
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Cactus League Home Games Played at Surprise Stadium/Billy Parker Field, Surprise, AZ
