The Red Sox are wrapping up the 2012 season with several chances to alter the playoff race and especially the fates of their neighbors in the American League East.
Next season, they'll be right back in the thick of it from Opening Day — but by then, they'll be starting from a clean slate and working toward their own postseason hopes.
The Red Sox start the 2013 season against the Yankees in New York on April 1 then return to Fenway Park on April 8 to face Baltimore, according to the Red Sox and Major League Baseball, which released the 2013 schedule Wednesday afternoon.
Boston will also get an early crack at the American League's newest member, with the Houston Astros switching leagues and playing the Sox on April 25-28.
In interleague play, the Red Sox will face the Phillies, Rockies, Padres and Diamondbacks, with the National League contests making up 20 games in the Sox' schedule.
Check out the complete schedule below.
April 1 at N.Y. Yankees
April 3 at N.Y. Yankees
April 4 at N.Y. Yankees
April 5 at Toronto
April 6 at Toronto
April 7 at Toronto
April 8 Baltimore
April 10 Baltimore
April 11 Baltimore
April 12 Tampa Bay
April 13 Tampa Bay
April 14 Tampa Bay
April 15 Tampa Bay
April 16 at Cleveland
April 17 at Cleveland
April 18 at Cleveland
April 19 Kansas City
April 20 Kansas City
April 21 Kansas City
April 22 Oakland
April 23 Oakland
April 24 Oakland
April 25 Houston
April 26 Houston
April 27 Houston
April 28 Houston
April 30 at Toronto
May 1 at Toronto
May 2 at Toronto
May 3 at Texas
May 4 at Texas
May 5 at Texas
May 6 Minnesota
May 7 Minnesota
May 8 Minnesota
May 9 Minnesota
May 10 Toronto
May 11 Toronto
May 12 Toronto
May 14 at Tampa Bay
May 15 at Tampa Bay
May 16 at Tampa Bay
May 17 at Minnesota
May 18 at Minnesota
May 19 at Minnesota
May 20 at Chicago White Sox
May 21 at Chicago White Sox
May 22 at Chicago White Sox
May 23 Cleveland
May 24 Cleveland
May 25 Cleveland
May 26 Cleveland
May 27 Philadelphia
May 28 Philadelphia
May 29 at Philadelphia
May 30 at Philadelphia
May 31 at N.Y. Yankees
June 1 at N.Y. Yankees
June 2 at N.Y. Yankees
June 4 Texas
June 5 Texas
June 6 Texas
June 7 L.A. Angels
June 8 L.A. Angels
June 9 L.A. Angels
June 10 at Tampa Bay
June 11 at Tampa Bay
June 12 at Tampa Bay
June 13 at Baltimore
June 14 at Baltimore
June 15 at Baltimore
June 16 at Baltimore
June 18 Tampa Bay
June 19 Tampa Bay
June 20 at Detroit
June 21 at Detroit
June 22 at Detroit
June 23 at Detroit
June 25 Colorado
June 26 Colorado
June 27 Toronto
June 28 Toronto
June 29 Toronto
June 30 Toronto
July 2 San Diego
July 3 San Diego
July 4 San Diego
July 5 at L.A. Angels
July 6 at L.A. Angels
July 7 at L.A. Angels
July 8 at Seattle
July 9 at Seattle
July 10 at Seattle
July 11 at Seattle
July 12 at Oakland
July 13 at Oakland
July 14 at Oakland
July 19 N.Y. Yankees
July 20 N.Y. Yankees
July 21 N.Y. Yankees
July 22 Tampa Bay
July 23 Tampa Bay
July 24 Tampa Bay
July 25 Tampa Bay
July 26 at Baltimore
July 27 at Baltimore
July 28 at Baltimore
July 30 Seattle
July 31 Seattle
Aug. 1 Seattle
Aug. 2 Arizona
Aug. 3 Arizona
Aug. 4 Arizona
Aug. 5 at Houston
Aug. 6 at Houston
Aug. 7 at Houston
Aug. 8 at Kansas City
Aug. 9 at Kansas City
Aug. 10 at Kansas City
Aug. 11 at Kansas City
Aug. 13 at Toronto
Aug. 14 at Toronto
Aug. 15 at Toronto
Aug. 16 N.Y. Yankees
Aug. 17 N.Y. Yankees
Aug. 18 N.Y. Yankees
Aug. 19 at San Francisco
Aug. 20 at San Francisco
Aug. 21 at San Francisco
Aug. 23 at L.A. Dodgers
Aug. 24 at L.A. Dodgers
Aug. 25 at L.A. Dodgers
Aug. 27 Baltimore
Aug. 28 Baltimore
Aug. 29 Baltimore
Aug. 30 Chicago White Sox
Aug. 31 Chicago White Sox
Sept. 1 Chicago White Sox
Sept. 2 Detroit
Sept. 3 Detroit
Sept. 4 Detroit
Sept. 5 at N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 6 at N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 7 at N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 8 at N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 10 at Tampa Bay
Sept. 11 at Tampa Bay
Sept. 12 at Tampa Bay
Sept. 13 N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 14 N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 15 N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 17 Baltimore
Sept. 18 Baltimore
Sept. 19 Baltimore
Sept. 20 Toronto
Sept. 21 Toronto
Sept. 22 Toronto
Sept. 24 at Colorado
Sept. 25 at Colorado
Sept. 27 at Baltimore
Sept. 28 at Baltimore
Sept. 29 at Baltimore
