The Oakland A's announced their 2012 Spring Training schedule, which starts on March 2 with a game against the Seattle Mariners at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
The A's will play a 21-game Cactus League schedule due to a week-long visit to Japan from March 22 through March 29. Last spring, the A's played in 11 more contests for a 32-game slate.
Also on the A's schedule is a March 31 contest against the team's Triple-A affiliate, the River Cats, in their home stadium in Sacramento.
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Following the exhibition with the River Cats, the A's will take on the cross-Bay rival San Francisco Giants for three straight games, two of which will be played at AT&T Park, with the contest on April 3 taking place at the O.co Coliseum.
The A's only take on the Giants once in Arizona, a split squad matchup on March 17.
The full A's Spring Training schedule is listed below:
DateOpponentTimeMar. 2Seattle Mariners12:05 PMMar. 3at Seattle Mariners12:05 PMMar. 4at Chicago Cubs12:05 PMMar. 5Los Angeles Angels (SS)12:05 PM
at Chicago Cubs (SS)12:05 PMMar. 6at Milwaukee Brewers12:05 PMMar. 7Los Angeles Dodgers12:05 PMMar. 8at Los Angeles Dodgers12:05 PMMar. 9at Colorado Rockies12:05 PMMar. 10Cincinnati Reds12:05 PMMar. 11Kansas City Royals1:05 PMMar. 12at Chicago White Sox1:05 PMMar. 13Milwaukee Brewers1:05 PMMar.14OFF DAY
Mar. 15at Texas Rangers1:05 PMMar. 16Seattle Mariners7:05 PMMar. 17Chicago Cubs (SS)1:05 PM
at San Francisco Giants (SS)1:05 PMMar. 18at Arizona Diamondbacks1:05 PMMar. 19Arizona Diamondbacks1:05 PMMar. 20Chicago Cubs1:05 PMMar. 21at Kansas City Royals1:05 PMMar. 22-29Japan Trip
Mar. 31at Sacramento River Cats6:05 PMApr. 2at San Francisco Giants (AT&T Park)7:15 PMApr. 3San Francisco Giants (O.co Coliseum)7:05 PMApr. 4at San Francisco Giants (AT&T Park)12:45 PM
Rael Enteen is a web producer with Comcast SportsNet. Follow him on Twitter @RaelEnteenCSN