PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates released their 60-game regular season schedule Monday for the 2020 season.

The Pirates will open the season with a three-game series in St. Louis July 24. Their first home game will be July 27 at 7:05 p.m. against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Every American League Central Division team will visit PNC Park this season with the exception of the Kansas City Royals. The Pirates play a weekend series in Kansas City in mid-September.

The Pirates will play a pair of eight-game homestands this season. The Cubs, Reds and White Sox come to town Sept. 1-9 and the Cardinals and Cubs will be in for consecutive four-game series Sept. 17-24.

The Pirates will close the season with a three-game series in Cleveland Sept. 25-27.

MLB released its overall schedule Monday, and it starts with two games July 23. Cole and the New York Yankees visit the World Series champion Washington Nationals at 7:08 p.m. EDT, then Betts and his new Los Angeles Dodgers teammates host the San Francisco Giants at 10:08 p.m.

The season ends on Sept. 27, with all 30 teams starting their games at 3 p.m. EDT to possibly make for a final-day playoff scramble. Most games this season, however, are at night.

Teams will play 40 games against their division opponents. The other 20 will be interleague games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

PIRATES 2020 SCHEDULE

July

24-26-at St. Louis; 27-29-Milwaukee; 31-at Chicago Cubs

August

1-2-at Chicago Cubs; 3-4-at Minnesota; 5-6-Minnesota; 7-9-Detroit; 10-12-at St. Louis; 13-16-at Cincinnati; 18-20-Cleveland; 21-23-Milwaukee; 25-26-at Chi. White Sox; 28-31-at Milwaukee

September

1-3-Chicago Cubs; 4-6-Cincinnati; 8-9-Chi. White Sox; 11-13-at Kansas City; 14-16-at Cincinnati; 17-20-St. Louis; 21-24-Chicago Cubs; 25-27-at Cleveland