ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Tampa Bay Rays have released their 2021 regular-season schedule, which opens with a six-game road trip against the Miami Marlins (April 1-3) and Boston Red Sox (April 5-7). All 30 major league clubs released their 2021 schedules today. The Rays schedule is subject to change and game times will be announced at a later date.

The 2021 season will mark the first time the Rays open on the road since 2009, ending the American League’s longest current streak of Opening Day games at home. It will be the first time the Rays face a National League opponent on Opening Day, after the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the Rays from opening the 2020 season against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It will be only the fifth time the Rays will face a club outside of the AL East on Opening Day, following March 31, 1998 vs. DET (an 11-6 loss), April 3, 2000 at MIN (a 7-0 win), April 2, 2002 vs. DET (a 9-5 win) and March 28, 2019 vs. HOU (a 5-1 loss).

The Rays will play their home opener against the New York Yankees on Friday, April 9, beginning a seven-game homestand against the Yankees (April 9-11) and Texas Rangers (April 12-15). It will be the fifth time the Rays host the Yankees in their home opener, following wins in 2004 (8-3, game was played in Japan), 2009 (15-5), 2012 (7-6) and 2017 (7-3).

Including 2020’s original regular-season schedule, the 2021 season will mark the fourth consecutive year that all 30 clubs are scheduled to play on traditional Opening Day. In addition, Opening Day in 2021 could become the first season since 1968 that every team across the majors plays their first game of the season on the same day.

For the ninth straight season, Tampa Bay will play 20 interleague games. They will oppose all five teams from the NL East for a second consecutive year. The Rays are scheduled to host the New York Mets (May 14-16), Philadelphia Phillies (May 29-30), Washington Nationals (June 8-9) and Marlins (September 24-26). They will play interleague road series at Miami (April 1-3), Washington (June 29-30), the Atlanta Braves (July 16-18) and Philadelphia (August 24-25).

The Rays will play 19 games against each of their AL East rivals: the Baltimore Orioles (10 home, 9 away), Red Sox (10 home, 9 away), Yankees (9 home, 10 away) and Toronto Blue Jays (9 home, 10 away). The Rays will play seven games against the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and Rangers. They will have six games apiece against the Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins.

The Rays end the season with a six-game road trip to Houston (September 28-30) and New York-AL (October 1-3). It will be the second time they finish their regular season in the Bronx, following their inaugural season on September 27, 1998.