Jan 9, 2019 4 min read

MLB sets times for season openers

The New York Yankees host Baltimore and Washington is at home against the New York Mets on March 28, the first games of the earliest regular major league opening day.

The commissioner’s office announced games times Wednesday for the schedule, which was released in August. The previous earliest regular start was March 30 in 2003, 2008 and 2014.

The season opens with a two-game series between Seattle and Oakland in Tokyo on March 20-21.

All 30 teams are scheduled for opening day for the second straight year. Two games were postponed on opening day last season because of poor weather.

Baltimore and the Mets are scheduled for first pitches at 1:05 p.m. EDT, followed by St. Louis at Milwaukee (2:10 p.m. EDT); Atlanta at Philadelphia (3:05 p.m.); Detroit at Toronto (3:37 p.m.); Houston at Tampa Bay (4 p.m.); the Chicago Cubs at Texas (4:05 p.m.); the Los Angeles Angels at Oakland (4:07 p.m.); Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Arizona at the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado at Miami, Cleveland at Minnesota and San Francisco at San Diego (all 4:10 p.m.); and the Chicago White Sox at Kansas City (4:15 p.m.).

The World Series champion Boston Red Sox play at Seattle in the day’s final game at 7:10 p.m. EDT.

Special events include the first games in Britain, with the Red Sox hosting the Yankees at London’s Olympic Stadium on June 29-30.

There is a pair of two-game series in Monterrey, Mexico: St. Louis vs. Cincinnati on April 13-14 and Houston vs. the Los Angeles Angels on May 4-5.

Kansas City hosts Detroit in Omaha on June 13 ahead of the College World Series, the first major league game in Nebraska.

Pittsburgh faces the Chicago Cubs Aug. 18 at Williamsport.

Cleveland hosts the All-Star Game July 9.

Pens recall Wilson

The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled forward Garrett Wilson from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.

Forward Zach Aston-Reese has been placed on injured reserve.

Wilson, 27, has split the season between Pittsburgh and the AHL’s WBS Penguins, where he is the team’s captain. At the AHL level, Wilson has 18 points and 69 penalty minutes in 18 games. Five of his eight goals have come on the power play.

In the NHL

On his first trip to Seattle since the city was granted the NHL’s 32nd franchise, Commissioner Gary Bettman announced a couple more rewards for the future franchise’s investment.

Bettman said the league has promised Seattle it will host All-Star weekend within its first seven seasons, with the team slated to begin play in 2021-22. Bettman also says Seattle will host the NHL draft, and that event will likely be awarded before the All-Star Game arrives.

In the NBA

D’Angelo Russell scored 23 points, Ed Davis grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds, and the Brooklyn Nets climbed out of an early 19-point hole to beat the Atlanta Hawks 116-100 on Wednesday night.

DeMarre Carroll added 17 points to help the Nets improve to 21-22 with their eighth victory in their last nine home games. They managed only 20 wins for the entire season just two years ago, but have engineered a big turnaround after a slow start to this season. On Wednesday, they did the same thing in the game.

They yielded 46 points in the first 15 minutes, then held the Hawks to 37 points over the next 25 minutes.

• Bradley Beal scored 14 straight points in the fourth quarter and finished with 34 to help the Washington Wizards beat the Philadelphia 76ers 123-106 on Wednesday night for a split of the home-and-home set.

Otto Porter Jr. added 23 points, his most since returning from a quadriceps injury this month, and Trevor Ariza had 17.