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It’s 17 weeks later than originally planned, but we have a new start date for the Dodgers’ 2020 season. Opening day for the Dodgers will be Thursday, July 23, hosting the Giants at Dodger Stadium at 7 p.m. PT.
Dodgers-Giants is one of two games on July 23, along with Yankees-Nationals, both televised by ESPN. The rest of MLB opens on Friday, July 24. The Dodgers’ opener is part of a four-game weekend series, including nationally televised games on Saturday, July 25 (1 p.m.) on Fox, and Sunday, July 26 (7 p.m.) on ESPN.
“It’s nice to open up at home with a team you’re familiar with,” manager Dave Roberts said.
THE RACE IS ON. pic.twitter.com/YzvkdK76Uj
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 6, 2020
The 60-game schedule will involve teams playing the entire season in their own region. The Dodgers will only play National League West and American League West teams. Same goes for other divisions — central plays central, and east plays east.
The season keeps the same six divisions and the playoff format remains unchanged. Three division winners and the two next-best records as wild cards in each league will advance to the postseason. So in each league there will likely be teams fighting for wild card spots against teams they don’t even play.
The Dodgers play 40 total games against their four NL West opponents — 10 games against each team — and 20 games against the five teams in the American League West.
The interleague split for the Dodgers includes a pair of three-game series against their designated rival Angels, and 14 games against the other four AL West teams. They play a pair of two-game series against the Astros, including two games in Houston on their first road trip:
- Aug. 14-16 at Angels, Sept. 25-27 vs. Angels
- July 28-29 at Astros, Sept. 12-13 vs. Astros (the Sept. 12 game is nationally televised on Fox)
- Sept. 22-24 vs. A’s
- Aug. 17-18 vs. Mariners, Aug. 19-20 at Mariners
- Aug. 28-30 at Rangers
The Dodgers will also host three spring training exhibitions, two against the Diamondbacks on July 19-20, and one game against the Angels on July 21.
The Dodgers are scheduled to end their season with a six-game interleague homestand against the A’s and Angels, concluding on Sunday, September 27, meaning their schedule calls for them to play their 60 games in 67 days. While that may seem daunting, the original 2020 schedule had the Dodgers playing 59 games during that span.
Dodgers 2020 schedule
Date | Opponent | City | Time (PT) |
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Date | Opponent | City | Time (PT) |
Thu, Jul 23 | Giants | Los Angeles | 7:08pm |
Fri, Jul 24 | Giants | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Sat, Jul 25 | Giants | Los Angeles | 1:10pm |
Sun, Jul 26 | Giants | Los Angeles | 7:08pm |
Mon, Jul 27 | OFF | ||
Tue, Jul 28 | Astros | Houston | 6:10pm |
Wed, Jul 29 | Astros | Houston | 4:10pm |
Thu, Jul 30 | Diamondbacks | Phoenix | 6:40pm |
Fri, Jul 31 | Diamondbacks | Phoenix | 6:40pm |
Sat, Aug 1 | Diamondbacks | Phoenix | 5:10pm |
Sun, Aug 2 | Diamondbacks | Phoenix | 1:10pm |
Mon, Aug 3 | Padres | San Diego | 6:10pm |
Tue, Aug 4 | Padres | San Diego | 6:10pm |
Wed, Aug 5 | Padres | San Diego | 6:10pm |
Thu, Aug 6 | OFF | ||
Fri, Aug 7 | Giants | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Sat, Aug 8 | Giants | Los Angeles | 6:10pm |
Sun, Aug 9 | Giants | Los Angeles | 1:10pm |
Mon, Aug 10 | Padres | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Tue, Aug 11 | Padres | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Wed, Aug 12 | Padres | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Thu, Aug 13 | Padres | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Fri, Aug 14 | Angels | Anaheim | 6:40pm |
Sat, Aug 15 | Angels | Anaheim | 6:40pm |
Sun, Aug 16 | Angels | Anaheim | 1:10pm |
Mon, Aug 17 | Mariners | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Tue, Aug 18 | Mariners | Los Angeles | 4:10pm |
Wed, Aug 19 | Mariners | Seattle | 6:10pm |
Thu, Aug 20 | Mariners | Seattle | 4:10pm |
Fri, Aug 21 | Rockies | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Sat, Aug 22 | Rockies | Los Angeles | 6:10pm |
Sun, Aug 23 | Rockies | Los Angeles | 7:10pm |
Mon, Aug 24 | OFF | ||
Tue, Aug 25 | Giants | San Francisco | 6:45pm |
Wed, Aug 26 | Giants | San Francisco | 6:45pm |
Thu, Aug 27 | Giants | San Francisco | 6:15pm |
Fri, Aug 28 | Rangers | Arlington | 6:05pm |
Sat, Aug 29 | Rangers | Arlington | 4:05pm |
Sun, Aug 30 | Rangers | Arlington | 11:35am |
Mon, Aug 31 | OFF | ||
Tue, Sep 1 | Diamondbacks | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Wed, Sep 2 | Diamondbacks | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Thu, Sep 3 | Diamondbacks | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Fri, Sep 4 | Rockies | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Sat, Sep 5 | Rockies | Los Angeles | 6:10pm |
Sun, Sep 6 | Rockies | Los Angeles | 7:10pm |
Mon, Sep 7 | OFF | ||
Tue, Sep 8 | Diamondbacks | Phoenix | 6:40pm |
Wed, Sep 9 | Diamondbacks | Phoenix | 6:40pm |
Thu, Sep 10 | Diamondbacks | Phoenix | 6:40pm |
Fri, Sep 11 | OFF | ||
Sat, Sep 12 | Astros | Los Angeles | 5:15pm |
Sun, Sep 13 | Astros | Los Angeles | TBD |
Mon, Sep 14 | Padres | San Diego | 6:10pm |
Tue, Sep 15 | Padres | San Diego | 6:10pm |
Wed, Sep 16 | Padres | San Diego | 1:10pm |
Thu, Sep 17 | Rockies | Denver | 5:40pm |
Fri, Sep 18 | Rockies | Denver | 5:10pm |
Sat, Sep 19 | Rockies | Denver | 5:10pm |
Sun, Sep 20 | Rockies | Denver | 12:30pm |
Mon, Sep 21 | OFF | ||
Tue, Sep 22 | A's | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Wed, Sep 23 | A's | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Thu, Sep 24 | A's | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Fri, Sep 25 | Angels | Los Angeles | 6:40pm |
Sat, Sep 26 | Angels | Los Angeles | 6:10pm |
Sun, Sep 27 | Angels | Los Angeles | 12:10pm |