PawSox Announce 2011 Schedule
PAWSOX BEGIN SEASON AT McCOY STADIUM VS. ROCHESTER APRIL 7 at 7:05 pm
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The Pawtucket Red Sox will play their 2011 season-opener at McCoy Stadium on Thursday, April 7th against the Rochester Red Wings at 7:05 pm. The PawSox 2011 season starts with a brief 2-game homestand against Rochester featuring night games on April 7 & April 8 both at 7:05 pm. The PawSox will then immediately hit the road for their first roadtrip of the season that will take place from April 9-15 as the 7-game trip features stops in Buffalo and Syracuse. The PawSox will return to McCoy on April 16 for a 6-game homestand as they host Buffalo and Syracuse through April 21. PAWSOX 2011 HOME-OPENER ON
The PawSox will once again play a 144-game International League schedule (72 games at home and 72 on the road). The Sox will play 16 games against each of their five International League North rivals (8 home & 8 away) and 8 games against each of the other eight IL clubs from the West & South Divisions (4 home & 4 away). The division rival Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees will make three visits to McCoy in 2011 – first for a 4-game series from May 13-16 and later a pair of 2-game sets on July 2-3 and again on September 2-3.
All 14 International League teams are back with the same Major League club and in the same divisional set-up as last year. The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Boston Red Sox own the longest affiliation relationship (since 1973) in all of the IL.
Pawtucket's home schedule consists of 55 night games and 17 day games with the following breakdown by month: April (9), May (17), June (13), July (15), August (14), and September (4).
PawSox home night games through mid-May will begin at 6:15 pm with the exceptions of Opening Night (April 7) and the first two home Friday night games (April 8 and May 13) which will all begin at 7:05 pm. Pawtucket will commence with regular 7:05 pm weeknight starts on May 26 and play virtually all of their weeknight home games at 7:05 pm for the remainder of the season. The PawSox will play each of their Saturday night home games one hour earlier than weeknights beginning at 6:05 pm. Sunday games will remain at 1:05 pm with the exceptions of May 29 (Memorial Day eve), July 3, and September 4 (Labor Day eve) which will all start at 6:05 pm with fireworks to follow the games. The one unique game time on the schedule will occur on May 30 (Memorial Day Monday) when the PawSox host Norfolk at 4:05 pm.
The Sox will conclude their regular-season schedule on Labor Day Monday, September 5 vs. Rochester at 1:05 pm at McCoy. Four teams will again qualify for the International League playoffs that begin on September 7 – the three division winners and one wild card (the second-place team with the best record).
PawSox ticket information and availability will be released at a later date.
