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2011 Pirates Spring Training Schedule Released

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have released their 2011 Spring Training Schedule, which can be downloaded here.

The Pirates are scheduled to open their 2011 Grapefruit League season against the American League East Champion
Tampa Bay Rays in Port Charlotte on Saturday, February 26. The Pirates will then host the Rays the following
day in their spring training Home Opener at McKechnie Field on Sunday, February 27 at 1:05 p.m.

For the fourth straight year, the Pirates are scheduled to play a night game at McKechnie Field when they host the
Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, March 10 at 7:05 p.m. The game will mark the second year in a row that the Pirates
have played the Orioles under the lights at McKechnie Field.

Other highlights of the 2011 home schedule include:

* One game against the New York Yankees (Tuesday, March 1)
* Two games against the Boston Red Sox (Sunday, March 13 and Saturday, March 19)
* Two games against the N.L. East Champion Philadelphia Phillies (Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 12)
* Three games against the A.L. East Champion Tampa Bay Rays (Sunday, February 27, Monday, March 7, and
Sunday, March 27)
* The annual charity game against SCF (Friday, February 25)

Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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