Orioles Announce 2017 Spring Training Schedule in Sarasota

SARASOTA, FL – Even though the 2016 World Series is about to get underway, many cities around Florida are getting prepared for the beginning of the 2017 Major League Baseball season.

The Baltimore Orioles released their 2017 Spring Training schedule, which opens Friday, Feb. 24 at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland against the Detroit Tigers. The Orioles’ home opener is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 26 against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota.

The 2017 Grapefruit League season marks the eighth consecutive Spring Training for the Orioles in Sarasota, and the seventh at the renovated Ed Smith Stadium. The stadium was named the 2015 Sports Turf Managers Association Field of the Year for professional baseball. It is the highest honor in the industry.

Baltimore will face eight different Major League opponents during its 17-game home schedule. The Orioles will play the Philadelphia Phillies three times three times at Ed Smith Stadium, and the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays twice each. The New York Yankees will travel to Sarasota once on Monday, Feb. 27.

As part of the World Baseball Classic exhibition schedule, the Orioles will host the defending champion Dominican Republic team on Tuesday, Marcy 7. The Dominican Republic beat Puerto Rico to claim the World Baseball Classic Crown in 2013.

The Orioles’ Grapefruit League season concludes Thursday, March 30 against the tigers.

The Orioles will also play 17 road games during their Grapefruit League schedule, with four trips to Bradenton (Pirates) and Fort Meyers (Red Sox and Twins), two trips to Port Charlotte, Lakeland and Tampa, and one trip to Dunedin (Blue Jays), Lake Buena Vista (Braves) and Clearwater (Phillies).

Single game tickets for all 17 games at Ed Smith Stadium will go on sale Saturday, Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. Season Plans and more information are available at the Orioles Spring Training office at (941) 893-6300. For more information about suite rentals or pregame party facilities, call (941) 893-6317.

The following is the Baltimore Orioles’ full spring training schedule:

Friday, Feb. 24: at Detroit Tigers

Saturday, Feb. 25: at Pittsburgh Pirates (ss)

Sunday, Feb. 26, 1:05 p.m.: Pittsburgh Pirates

Monday, Feb. 27, 1:05 p.m.: New York Yankees

Tuesday, Feb. 28: at Philadelphia Phillies

Wednesday, March 1, 1:05 p.m.: Boston Red Sox

Thursday, March 2, 7:05 p.m.: Minnesota Twins (ss)

Thursday, March 2: at New York Yankees (ss)

Friday, March 3: at Pittsburgh Pirates

Saturday, March 4: at Tampa Bay Rays

Sunday, March 5, 1:50 p.m.: Philadelphia Phillies (ss)

Monday, March 6: at Detroit Tigers

Tuesday, March 7, 1:05 p.m.: Dominican Republic (WBC)

Wednesday, March 8, 1:05 p.m.: Toronto Blue Jays

Thursday, March 9: Off day

Friday, March 10: at Boston Red Sox

Saturday, March 11, 1:05 p.m.: Pittsburgh Pirates

Sunday, March 12: at Minnesota Twins (ss)

Monday, March 13, 1:05 p.m.: Philadelphia Phillies

Tuesday, March 14, 1:05 p.m.: Tampa Bay Rays

Wednesday, March 15: at Pittsburgh Pirates

Thursday, March 16, 7:05 p.m.: Philadelphia Phillies

Friday, March 17: at Pittsburgh Pirates

Saturday, March 18: at New York Yankees

Sunday, March 19, 1:05 p.m.: Detroit Tigers

Monday, March 20: at Boston Red Sox

Tuesday, March 21, 1:05 p.m.: Toronto Blue Jays

Wednesday, March 22, 7:05 p.m.: Tampa Bay Rays

Thursday, March 23: Off day

Friday, March 24: at Minnesota Twins

Saturday, March 25, 7:05 p.m.: Minnesota Twins

Sunday, March 26: at Toronto Blue Jays (ss)

Monday, March 27, 1:05 p.m.: Boston Red Sox

Tuesday, March 28: at Atlanta Braves

Wednesday, March 29: at Tampa Bay Rays

Thursday, March 30 at 1:05 p.m.: Detroit Tigers

(ss) – denotes a split-squad game

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