The Phillies will open the 2026 season at home against Texas, the club announced on Tuesday, with two long stretches away from home in the middle of the season.

The Phillies will welcome Texas to Citizens Bank Park on March 26, then follow that with a series against the Nationals. Their first road trip takes them to Colorado and San Francisco.

The Phillies have just four home games over nearly a month from June 22 to July 17. That accommodates the six matches in the FIFA World Cup that Lincoln Financial Field will host and preparation for Citizen Bank Park’s first All-Star Game.

The first World Cup match is June 14, when the Phillies are in Milwaukee. They return home for three games against Miami and three against the New York Mets, with an unusual Friday off day on June 19, the date o

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