By Trib Total Media
A showdown between Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes and New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was the talk of the MLB All-Star Game this week.
There could be a rematch in the Pirates’ home opener next season.
For the first time in franchise history, the Pirates will face the Yankees in their home opener, with the matchup set for Friday, April
4, at PNC Park.
The Pirates announced their
2025 schedule Thursday. They will open the season Thursday, March 27, at the Miami Marlins. It’s the ninth straight season the Pirates will open on the road and the second straight season they will do so in Miami. It’s also the earliest season opener in franchise history.
After a four-game series with the Marlins, the Pirates will travel to Tampa Bay for a three-game set before making their way home for the opener against the Yankees.
The Pirates won’t have a home game on any of the three traditional summer holidays. They’re at Arizona on Memorial Day, at Seattle on July 4 and off on Labor Day.
There are two nine-game homestands on the schedule: June 3-11 against Houston, Philadelphia and Miami, and July 18-27 against the White Sox, Detroit and Arizona.
The season ends Sunday, Sept. 28, after a six-game road trip to Cincinnati and Atlanta.
MARCH
27-30 at Miami
31 at Tampa Bay
APRIL
1-2 at Tampa Bay
4-6 YANKEES
7-9 ST. LOUIS
11-13 at Cincinnati
14-17 WASHINGTON
18-20 CLEVELAND
22-24 at Angels
25-27 at Dodgers
29-30 CUBS MAY
1 CUBS
2-4 SAN DIEGO
5-7 at St. Louis
9-11 ATLANTA
12-13 at Mets
16-18 at Philadelphia
19-21 CINCINNATI
22-25 BREWERS
26-28 at Arizona
20-31 at San Diego JUNE
1 at San Diego
3-5 HOUSTON 6-8 PHILADELPHIA
9-11 MIAMI
12-15 at Cubs
17-19 at Detroit
20-22 TEXAS
23-25 at Milwaukee
27-28 METS
30 ST. LOUIS JULY
1-2 ST. LOUIS
4-6 at Seattle
7-9 at Kansas City
11-13 at Minnesota
14-17 All-Star break
18-20 WHITE SOX
22-23 DETROIT
25-27 ARIZONA
28-30 at San Francisco AUGUST
1-3 at Colorado
4-6 SAN DIEGO
7-10 CINCINNATI
11-13 at Milwaukee
15-17 at Cubs
18-20 TORONTO
22-24 COLORADO
25-28 at St. Louis
29-31 at Boston SEPTEMBER
2-4 DODGERS
5-7 MILWAUKEE
9-11 at Baltimore
12-14 at Washington
15-17 CUBS
19-21 OAKLAND
23-25 at Cincinnati
26-28 at Atlanta Home games in CAPS
Christopher Horner / TribLive
