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Indians & Pirates announce start times in 2021
Both teams open the season April 1
Thursday, February 11th 2021, 2:32 PM EST
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Players and coaches for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians stand for the national anthem before the start of Game 1 of an American League wild-card baseball series, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland.
AP Photo/David Dermer
The Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the rest of the major league teams released start times for the 2021 season.
The Indians open the season at Detroit, Thursday, April 1, at 1:10 p.m.
The Pirates are in Chicago to play the Cubs at 2:20 p.m. that same day.
Pittsburgh's home opener is Thursday, April 8 at 1:35 p.m. against the Cubs, and Cleveland's home opener is Monday, April 5th against Kansas City at 4:10 p.m.
Except for Friday's in April & May, at Progressive Field, Weeknight home games start at 6:10 p.m. Friday's remain at 7:10 p.m.
The Pirates also announced their weeknight games in April and May are starting at 6:35 p.m., with Sunday home games starting at 1:05 p.m.