Thursday, November 19, 2015

Cardinals To Play Pirates On First Sunday

Opening Day 2016 will feature a combined seven national ESPN telecasts -- three on Sunday, April 3, and four on Monday, April 4 -- Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday at the end of Major League Baseball's quarterly Owners Meetings in Dallas.
St. Louis Official Site

The start of the Cardinals' 2016 schedule in Pittsburgh will be moved up a day for ESPN purposes and the Cardinals-Pirates game is slated to be the first of the season, starting at 12:05 p.m., St. Louis time, on Sunday April 3.
Cardinal Beat

The St. Louis Cardinals will open the 2016 Major League Baseball season in the first game of a triple header on Sunday, April 3, in Pittsburgh.
KMOX

For the second year in a row, the Cardinals open the season as the first MLB game.
KMOV

For the second consecutive season, the St. Louis Cardinals will play in the first game of the Major League season as they’ve been added to part of a triple-header to launch the 2016 campaign on Sunday, April 3rd.
STL Baseball Weekly

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