Nats announce scheduled game times for 2022 season

The Nationals on Thursday morning announced the scheduled game times for the upcoming regular season.

First pitch for opening day against the Mets at Citi Field is scheduled for a 1:10 p.m. start on Thursday, March 31. Both subsequent games of the opening series on Saturday and Sunday are also starting at 1:10 p.m., possibly including the first time Max Scherzer faces the Nats as a member of the Mets.

The home opener at Nationals Park is scheduled for a 1:05 p.m. first pitch against the Phillies on Monday, April 4. The second game of that home-opening two-game set is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6.

The Nationals will have their traditional 1:05 p.m. starts for Sunday home games, except for a 12:05 p.m. start on June 19 for Juneteenth and the usual league-wide 3 p.m. EDT start time on the last day of the regular season, both games, coincidentally, against the Phillies.

Most of the Nats' Friday night home games are scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m., with the one exception being a 6:05 p.m. start against the Marlins to kick off the July 4 holiday weekend. Most of their Saturday home games are scheduled to start at either 4:05 p.m. or 7:05 p.m., with a 1:05 p.m start scheduled for April 23 against the Giants and a scheduled 7:15 p.m. start against the Cardinals on July 30 for a national broadcast on FOX.

The Nats will play 22 games with scheduled midday or late-afternoon start times between Mondays and Thursdays throughout the season, 13 of which are to be played at home.

As for holidays, the Nats will play at the Mets at 7:10 p.m. on Memorial Day, the traditional 11:05 a.m. start time on Monday, July 4 against the Marlins and a 4:15 p.m. start at the Cardinals on Labor Day.

All game dates and times are subject to change.