PHILADELPHIA — The Braves will open the 2016 at home against the Washington Nationals on April 4, after opening on the road in each of the past two seasons and four of the past five.
It will be the final season for major league baseball at Turner Field before the Braves move to a new ballpark under construction in Cobb County just outside the Perimeter. Barring radical improvement by the Braves to make the playoffs, the last team they face at Turner Field will be the Detroit Tigers in a season-ending interleague series Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
The Braves and other NL East teams will play primarily American League Central teams in interleague play in 2016, although the Braves also have four games against the Red Sox, their so-called “natural rivalry” in the view of MLB. They play the Red Sox April 25-26 in Atlanta and April 27-28 in Boston.
Other interleague series in the final season at Turner Field: vs. Indians (June 27-29), vs. Twins (Aug. 16-17) and vs. Tigers in the season finale. The Braves’ other interleague road series at at Kansas City (May 13-15), at the Chicago White Sox (July 8-10), and at Minnesota (August 16-17).
The Braves and Nationals will open the season with a two-game series April 4 and April 6, with an open date between in case of rainout. (Most teams without a domed or retractable-roof stadium have an open date after opening day due to the large number of tickets sold for the opener and the difficulty of giving refunds or rainchecks if it’s rained out.)
The five-game season-opening homestand concludes with a three-game series against the Cardinals April 8-10, before the Braves embark on a seven-game trip to Washington (four games April 11-14) and Miami (April 15-17.).
BRAVES 2016 SCHEDULE
APRIL
4, 6-Washington Nationals
8-10-St. Louis Cardinals
11-14-at Washington Nationals
15-17-at Miami Marlins
19-21-Los Angeles Dodgers
22-24-N.Y. Mets
25-26-Boston Red Sox
27-28-at Boston Red Sox
29-30-at Chicago Cubs
MAY
1-at Chicago Cubs
2-4-at New York Mets
6-8-vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
10-12-vs. Philadelphia Phillies
13-15-at Kansas City Royals
16-19-at Pittsburgh Pirates
20-22-at Philadelphia Phillies
24-26-vs. Milwaukee Brewers
27-29-vs. Miami Marlins
30-31-vs. San Francisco Giants
JUNE
1-2-vs. San Francisco Giants
3-5-at Los Angeles Dodgers
6-8-at San Diego Padres
10-12-vs. Chicago Cubs
13-16-vs. Cincinnati Reds
17-20-at New York Mets
21-22-at Miami Marlins
23-26-vs. New York Mets
27-29-vs. Cleveland Indians
30-vs. Miami Marlins
JULY
1-3-vs. Miami Marlins
4-6-at Philadelphia Phillies
8-10-at Chicago White Sox
12-87th All-Star Game
15-17-vs. Colorado Rockies
18-20-at Cincinnati Reds
21-24-at Colorado Rockies
26-27-at Minnesota Twins
28-31-vs. Philadelphia Phillies
AUGUST
2-4-vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
5-7-at St. Louis Cardinals
8-11-at Milwaukee Brewers
12-14-at Washington Nationals
16-17-vs. Minnesota Twins
18-21-vs. Washington Nationals
22-25-at Arizona Diamondbacks
26-28-at San Francisco Giants
30-31-vs. San Diego Padres
SEPTEMBER
1-vs. San Diego Padres
2-4-at Philadelphia Phillies
5-7-at Washington Nationals
9-11-vs. New York Mets
12-14-vs. Miami Marlins
16-18-vs. Washington Nationals
19-21-at New York Mets
22-25-at Miami Marlins
27-29-vs. Philadelphia Phillies
30-vs. Detroit Tigers
OCTOBER
1-2-vs. Detroit Tigers
