Take me out to the ballgame! Lockhart Little League swings into action on Saturday
Nothing says spring like baseball, and nothing is more true to the American pastime than dozens of youngsters taking the field to run the bases. On Saturday, Lockhart will come alive with its love of baseball as Lockhart Little League breaks open the spring season with a full day of Opening Day ceremonies.
Baseball and softball fans are invited to gather on the Square beginn
ing around 8:30 a.m. for the Opening Day Parade, in which all of Lockhart’s Little League teams will line up. for the trek from San Antonio Street to the Lockhart Little League Complex on Carver Street for introductions, dedications and a day of baseball.
The parade begins at 8:45 a.m., and is expected to reach the Complex by 9:30 a.m.
A variety of special guests will participate in a 30 minute ceremony introducing Lockhart Little League’s board members, sponsors and community partners and then… let the games begin.
Opening Day schedules are as follows:
Memorial Field
10 – 11:05 a.m.: T-ball
Cubs vs. White Sox
11:10 a.m. – noon: T-ball
Raptors vs. Red Sox
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.: Girls’ Minor League
Rangers vs. Red Sox
1:45 – 2:45 p.m.: Girls’ Coach Pitch
Yankees vs. Rangers
3 – 4:15 p.m.: Girls’ Minor League
Red Sox vs. Yankees
Legion Field
10 – 11:05 a.m.: T-ball
Phillies vs. Rockhounds
11:15 a.m. – noon: Girls’ Coach Pitch
Rangers vs. Dodgers
12:30 – 1:15 p.m.: T-ball
Express vs. Braves
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.: T-ball
Mets vs. Rangers
2:30 – 3:45 p.m.: Girls’ Major League
Pirates vs. White Sox
4 – 5:15 p.m.: Girls’ Major League
Pirates vs. Rangers
Merchants Field
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Boys’ Minor League
Red Sox vs. Yankees
Noon – 1:45 p.m.
Boys’ Major League
Cubs vs. Rangers
2 – 3:05 p.m.
Boys’ Coach Pitch
White Sox vs. Angels
3:15 – 5 p.m.
Boys’ Major League Phillies vs. Astros
Citizens Field
10 – 11:05 a.m.
Boys’ Coach Pitch
Indians vs. Red Sox
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Boys’ Minor League – Phillies vs. Rangers
1:15 – 2:20 p.m.
Boys’ Coach Pitch
Tigers vs. Rangers
2:45 – 4:30 p.m.
Boys’ Major League
Yankees vs. Cubs
All games are scheduled as Exhibition games and will not count toward the teams’ season records.