Colorado Rockies: Game times for 2018 officially announced

Towards the end of the 2017 season, Major League baseball announced the 2018 schedule for the Colorado Rockies. What they didn’t announce was game times. Fans have had to wait a couple of months for the game times to be announced, but Major League Baseball recently released the answer to fans.

Opening Day for the Rox in 2018 will be on Thursday, March 29 at 8:10 p.m. in Phoenix for a Wild Card game rematch with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The first home game of the year will be the following Friday, April 6 at 2:10 pm against the Atlanta Braves.

The Rockies will start most Saturday home games at either 5:15 p.m., 6:10 p.m., or 7:10 p.m. The only exception is June 23 against the Miami Marlins, which will start at 1:10 p.m.

For now, all Sunday home games are slated to begin at 1:10 p.m. Sunday game times are subject to change if Major League Baseball chooses to give Coors Field a Sunday Night Baseball game this season.

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The Rockies will host the majority of their weekday home games at 6:40 p.m. Over the course of the season, the Rox will host nine day games, mostly on Wednesday and Thursdays. All of these day games are slated to begin at 1:10 p.m.

The Rockies are home this season on Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day. On Monday, May 28, the Rox will host the San Francisco Giants at 5:10 p.m. On Wednesday, July 4, the Rockies will host the Giants again for a 6:10 p.m. game. On Monday, September 3, the Rox will once again host the Giants for a 1:10 p.m. tilt.

The three fireworks dates for the year are July 3, July 4, and September 28. All three of these games are slated to begin at 6:10 p.m.

On Tuesday, July 24 and 25, the Rockies will welcome last year’s World Series champions, the Houston Astros, for a quick two-game midweek series. Both of these games are scheduled to begin at 6:40 p.m.

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To view the entire schedule with game times for the 2018 season, click here.