Hartford Yard Goats Announce 2016 Schedule

The future Hartford Yard Goats have announced their schedule for 2016.

There will be 71 games at their home field, Dunkin' Donuts Park, which is under construction in Hartford with the goal of finishing it for next year's season. Hartford's new Minor League baseball team, currently still the New Britain Rock Cats until they move to the capital city, will take on clubs affiliated with the Red Sox, Yankees and Mets.

The Yard Goats are a Double-A Eastern League team affiliated with the Colorado Rockies.

In the team's debut home game, the Yard Goats will take on the Flying Squirrels from Richmond, an affiliate of the San Francisco Giants on April 7 at 7:05 p.m., according to a news release from the Yard Goats. The game will be the first in a four-game series.

The Flying Squirrels will also partake in a seven-game "homestand," including a series against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Yard Goats will have its last home games of the regular season on Sunday, Aug. 28 against the Harrisburg Senators, affiliated with the Washington Nationals.

The Yard Goats' season closes with an eight-game stretch in Richmond, Virginia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The Portland Sea Dogs, affiliated with the Red Sox, will play the Yard Goats in April, June and July. The Trenton Thunder, the Yankees' farm team, will play two series, six games in total, in May and August. Hartford will also host the Binghamton Mets in July and August.

Fans can see the Yankees and Red Sox affiliates May 31 to June 6 in a back-to-back series. The Yard Goats will also play the Yankees and Mets farm teams during a seven-game homestand scheduled for July 4 to 10.

You can already purchase season Yard Goats tickets at www.yardgoatsbaseball.com or call 860-224-8383. Field, front row field box, stadium club, home plate club and home plate swivel seats are available and you can watch every game from the same seat.

Fans can pick out their seat at a private season ticket-holder event scheduled for next spring. Tickets cost at minimum $710 or $10 a game. There will be other benefits and events for season ticket-holders.

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