Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southeast will televise 159 Braves games during the 2017 season, the networks announced Thursday.

Fox Sports South will televise 81 games, with 78 games on Fox Sports Southeast.

The first regular season game at the new SunTrust Park will be broadcast on Fox Sports Southeast at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, with an expanded two-hour pre-game show from the development outside the ballpark, The Battery Atlanta.

KEY DATES

April 3: Season opener

April 14: First game at SunTrust Park

July 4 (Tuesday): Independence Day fireworks

July 10-13: All-star Break

Aug. 18-19: Hank Aaron Heritage Weekend

Oct. 1: Last regular season game.

Oct. 3: Post-season begins

Three Braves games will air nationally on FS1: Saturday, April 15, vs. San Diego; Saturday, June 3, at Cincinnati ; and Saturday, June 24, vs. Milwaukee.

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