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The 2022 baseball season is just entering its home stretch, but Major League Baseball released its preliminary schedule for 2023 Wednesday — which has the Dodgers opening the season on March 30 at home with a four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
It will mark the Dodgers’ first season opener at home since 2020.
The Angels, meanwhile, will begin their 2023 campaign the same day on the road against the Oakland A’s, followed by a day off and then two more games in Oakland. The Halos then visit Seattle for three games from April 3-5 before their home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 7, beginning a three- game series.
MLB will return to a balanced schedule next year for the first time since 1996, with each team playing every other team at least once. That will mean fewer divisional games, such as the Dodgers versus their archrival San Francisco Giants.
Starting next year, the Dodgers and Giants will play each other only 13 times instead of the 19 times they squared off annually under the format that ends this season.
Some key dates on the Dodgers’ 2023 slate include home games against the San Diego Padres on Mother’s Day, May 14; against the Washington Nationals on Memorial Day, May 29; against the Giants on Father’s Day, June 18; and against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 4. They are off on Labor Day, Sept. 4.
The Dodgers’ first series against the Giants will take place April 10-12 in San Francisco. The Giants visit Dodger Stadium for the first time next season from June 16-18.
The Dodgers and Angels will face off in a pair of two-game Freeway Series — June 20-21 in Anaheim and July 7-8 at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers’ 2023 regular season ends on Oct. 1 with a three-game road trip to San Francisco.
Key dates on the Angels’ slate include a road game in Cleveland on Mother’s Day; a road game at the Chicago White Sox on Memorial Day; a road game in Kansas City on Father’s Day; a road game in San Diego on July 4; and a home game against the Baltimore Orioles on Labor Day.
The Angels end their 2023 regular season at home with a three-game series against Oakland from Sept. 29-Oct 1.
