The Cardinals’ 2027 season will begin on the road in Cincinnati and end back home in St. Louis.
Major League Baseball’s league-wide schedule release on July 16, 2026, gave the club its full regular-season slate, and the first stop is set for Thursday, March 25 against the Reds. That kicks off a six-game trip that also includes the Chicago Cubs, with games scheduled for March 29-31.
Busch Stadium won’t have to wait long for its first game. The Cardinals’ home opener is Thursday, April 1 against the Kansas City Royals, the first game of a three-game series and part of a six-game homestand that also brings in the San Diego Padres from April 5-7.
The regular season wraps at home as well, with division matchups against Milwaukee from Sept. 20-22 and Pittsburgh from Sept. 24-26.
Under MLB’s balanced schedule, St. Louis will host eight American League clubs in eight three-game series. Along with Kansas City, the home slate includes Minnesota, Toronto, The Athletics, Detroit, the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Angels and Houston.
The Cardinals’ road interleague schedule sends them to Texas, Boston, the Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay, Baltimore, Seattle, Kansas City and Cleveland.
Within the NL Central, the Cardinals will play each of their four division rivals 13 times for a total of 52 games. At Busch Stadium, that means the Cubs twice, Milwaukee twice, Cincinnati twice and Pittsburgh twice. The home dates include a weekend series against Chicago on May 28-30, another Cubs series on August 9-11, four games with Milwaukee from May 6-9, a three-game set with the Brewers during the final homestand, Cincinnati on June 18-20, and Pittsburgh on Memorial Day and again to close the season.
The calendar also brings a heavy summer stretch. The Cardinals are slated for 47 of their 81 home games before the All-Star Break, which runs July 12-15, and they’ll have 27 games at Busch Stadium after August 1, including 15 in September.
Their longest homestand is a pair of nine-game runs, one from April 19-28 and another from Sept. 3-12.
They also have two nine-game road trips, and their longest stretch without an off day is 16 games from May 18-June 2.
The schedule is dotted with holiday dates, too. St.
Louis will host Mother’s Day against Milwaukee, Memorial Day against Pittsburgh, Juneteenth and Father’s Day against Cincinnati, and Labor Day against Houston. On the road, the Cardinals are set for Easter at Cincinnati and Independence Day at the Cubs.
They’ll also be in San Diego on Jackie Robinson Day, host Pittsburgh on Lou Gehrig Day, and visit the Pirates on Roberto Clemente Day.
The team said it will announce game times, ticket pricing and ticket availability later.
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