Twins release 2022 schedule

The Minnesota Twins today announced their preliminary schedule for the 2022 Major League Baseball regular season, the club’s 62nd campaign in Twins Territory.

Minnesota launches next season on the road, playing an Opening Day game on Thursday, March 31 at Guaranteed Rate Field against the Chicago White Sox. That contest will start a six-game, two-city American League Central division road trip against the White Sox (March 31-April 3) and Cleveland Guardians (April 4-6). The Twins will then host Seattle for the Home Opener at Target Field on Thursday, April 7, as part of a six-game homestand vs. the Mariners (April 7-11) and Los Angeles Dodgers (April 12-13).

The Twins’ opening-homestand series with the Dodgers marks the beginning of a 20-game Interleague slate against the National League West, along with the traditional Border Battle rivalry series with the Milwaukee Brewers (July 12-13 at Target Field and July 26-27 at American Family Field). Minnesota’s home Interleague schedule also includes a pair of three-game series with the Colorado Rockies (June 24-26) and San Francisco Giants (August 26-28). In addition to the series in Milwaukee, the Twins will also play road Interleague sets at the Arizona Diamondbacks (June 17-19), San Diego Padres (July 29-31) and Dodgers (August 9-10).

Minnesota’s 2022 schedule features 12 home games in the month of April, 16 in May, 12 in June, nine in July, 20 in August and 12 in September. The schedule also includes showcase summer weekends at Target Field against the Tampa Bay Rays (June 10-12), Chicago White Sox (July 14-17), Toronto Blue Jays (August 4-7) and Giants (August 26-28). The Twins will host 41 of their 81 home games between Memorial Day (May 30) and Labor Day (September 5).

The Twins will play each of their American League Central division rivals 19 times apiece: the Chicago White Sox (10 home/9 away), Cleveland Guardians (9 home/10 away), Detroit Tigers (9 home/10 away) and Kansas City Royals (10 home/9 away). Minnesota faces each AL Central division team for three series apiece at home and on the road.

For the first time, all Twins home weekday (Monday-Thursday) night games throughout the entire season will have a 6:40 p.m. scheduled first pitch. All 2022 game times, along with broadcast information, will be announced at a later date.

The Minnesota Twins’ complete 2022 regular season schedule is attached (dates and times subject to change).

Notables

Minnesota opens on the road for the fourth time in five years and the 10th time in the last 13 seasons.
The Twins host Seattle for a second-consecutive Home Opener and third in the last five seasons.
Minnesota opens the second half with a doubleheader on Saturday, July 23 at Detroit, the club’s first scheduled doubleheader since May 26, 2001, when the Twins hosted Oakland at the Metrodome.
The Twins’ 20 home games in August are the club’s most in a single month since playing a Minnesota-era record 22 at Metropolitan Stadium in June 1977; it will also be just the seventh month since 1961 that the club has played at least 20 home games (21 in May 1961, 20 in June 1963, 21 in June 1967, 20 in July 1973, 20 in July 1975 and 22 in June 1977). The previous Target Field high was 18 on five occasions, including May 2021.
The August 26-28 series marks the first-ever Target Field appearance for the San Francisco Giants, who were slated to visit Minnesota in the original, pre-pandemic 2020 schedule. The Giants are the only team that has not yet played at Target Field since the ballpark opened in 2010.

(MN Twins release)