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Angels Release 2026 MLB Season Schedule

Originally posted on Angels Nation | By Ron Gutterman | Last updated Aug 26, 2025 2:36 PM ET

The Los Angeles Angels announced their 2026 MLB regular season schedule on Tuesday morning. The season begins with an away game on Opening Day against the Houston Astros on March 26. They’ll play a three-game set in Houston before heading to the Midwest for a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs from March 30-April 1.

The Halos host the Seattle Mariners for their home opener on April 3. From there, they’ll play back-to-back three-game home sets with the Mariners from April 3-5 and the Atlanta Braves from April 6-8.

Their first four-game set of the season comes on the road from Monday, April 13-Thursday, April, 16. The Angels will be in the Bronx to face the New York Yankees for that series.

The next major series on the Angels 2026 schedule is the first Freeway Series against the Dodgers. The Angels went 6-0 against the Dodgers in 2025, despite L.A. being one of the best teams in baseball through Aug. 26 and the Angels falling far behind in the American League postseason picture. The first 2026 Freeway Series is at Angel Stadium from Friday, May 15-Sunday, May 17.

It doesn’t take long for the Angels and Dodgers to meet again in 2026, as the Freeway Series shifts to Dodger Stadium just a few weeks later from Friday, June 5 to Sunday, June 7. The All-Star break goes from July 13-16 with the Midsummer Classic set for Tuesday, July 14 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Angels pick back up with a three-game set at home against the Detroit Tigers from July 17-19, a weekend series. The Angels’ longest home stretch is nine games over ten days from August 24 to September 2. In that span, they’ll host three three-game sets against the Cleveland Guardians, Phillies and Yankees.

The full schedule can be seen here, posted on the Angels Twitter account.

your first look at the 2026 schedule https://t.co/OjoKgwcVnJ pic.twitter.com/WHnlXBYZug

— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) August 26, 2025

Cubs sweep Angels in Anaheim

Nico Hoerner doubled in a run against his former teammate Kyle Hendricks, and the Chicago Cubs held on for a 4-3 victory over the Angels on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep at Angel Stadium.

Hoerner and Matt Shaw each had two hits to back starter Jameson Taillon (9-6), who gave up one run across five innings as the Cubs improved to 8-2 in their last 10 games and secured their third straight series win. Daniel Palencia survived a ninth-inning scare to lock down his 20th save.

Hendricks (6-9), making his first career start against the Cubs after spending 11 years with the franchise and helping them win the 2016 World Series, allowed four runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out two.

Chicago tied the game in the third with a Kyle Tucker RBI single, then took the lead in the fourth on Hoerner’s double. The Cubs chased Hendricks in the fifth with two more runs: a Pete Crow-Armstrong sacrifice fly and a Carson Kelly RBI single that stretched the lead to 4-1.

The Angels rallied in the sixth, cutting the deficit to one on Ward’s RBI double and Luis Rengifo’s run-scoring grounder, but their offense stalled from there.

This article first appeared on Angels Nation and was syndicated with permission.

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