The Oakland A's announced today that the team will play an exhibition game against its Triple-A affiliate Sacramento River Cats at Raley Field on March 31.
The announcement was made in a news release by the A's that includes its 2012 spring training schedule. The A's will play a shortened Cactus League schedule of 21 games beginning March 2 against the Seattle Mariners at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, spring home of the A's.
The schedule is shorter because The A's will fly to Japan on March 22 and open the regular season with a two-game set at the Tokyo Dome against the Mariners on March 28-29. The A's will fly back to the Bay Area on the March 30 and play at Raley Field the following night for the first time since 2007.
The A's then will play their annual three-game Bay Bridge exhibition series against the San Francisco Giants on April 2-4. The Giants host Games 1 and 3 with Game 2 at the O.co Coliseum.
A look at the 2012 A's spring training schedule:
MARCH
March 2 vs. Seattle Mariners, 12:05 pm
March 3 at Seattle Mariners, 12:05 pm
March 4 at Chicago Cubs, 12:05 pm
March 5 vs. Los Angeles Angels (SS), 12:05 pm
at Chicago Cubs (SS), 12:05 pm
March 6 at Milwaukee Brewers, 12:05 pm
March 7 at Los Angeles Dodgers, 12:05 pm
March 8 at Los Angeles Dodgers, 12:05 pm
March 9 at Colorado Rockies, 12:05 pm
March 10 vs. Cincinnati Reds, 12:05 pm
March 11 vs. Kansas City Royals, 1:05 pm
March 12 at Chicago White Sox, 1:05 pm
March 13 vs. Milwaukee Brewers, 1:05 pm
March 14 Off Day
March 15 at Texas Rangers, 1:05 pm
March 16 vs. Seattle Mariners, 7:05 pm
March 17 vs. Chicago Cubs (SS), 1:05 pm
At San Francisco Giants (SS), 1:05 pm
March 18 at Arizona Diamondbacks, 1:05 pm
March 19 vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, 1:05 pm
March 20 vs. Chicago Cubs, 1:05 pm
March 21 at Kansas City Royals, 1:05 pm
(March 28-29 vs. Seattle in Tokyo, Japan)
March 31 at Sacramento River Cats, 6:05 pm
APRIL
April 2 at San Francisco Giants, 7:15 pm (a)
April 3 vs. San Francisco Giants, 7:05 pm (b)
April 4 at San Francisco Giants, 12:45 pm (c)
All times listed are Pacific; (SS) Denotes split squad
Home games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium
(a) AT&T Park, San Francisco
(b) O.co Coliseum, Oakland
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