Cape League Opening Day Is Saturday. Here's When Hyannis Plays

HYANNIS, MA — The Cape Cod Baseball League is the premier summer league destination for the country's top collegiate ballplayers.

This year is particularly special for everyone involved with the league, as Cape Cod League officials, teams and players will celebrate its centennial.

Though the league is, in some ways, entering a new frontier under the guidance of new President Andrew Lang, much of what happens around the Cape this summer will be a familiar piece of Cape Cod nostalgia.

Baseball is back officially starting on Saturday, and in Hyannis, that means the Harbor Hawks will host Orleans at McKeon Park with the first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.

The 2023 schedule features 44 regular season games ahead of the end of the summer playoffs.

Two Cape League games are slated for minor-league ballparks this summer.

The Harbor Hawks will host the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox on July 26 at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut. Then, the Wareham Gatemen will host the Bourne Braves on July 31 at Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Here's the schedule for Hyannis in June:

• June 10 vs. Orleans
• June 11 at Wareham
• June 12 vs. Chatham
• June 13 at Brewster
• June 14 vs. Falmouth
• June 16 vs. Bourne
• June 17 at Cotuit
• June 18 vs. Brewster
• June 19 vs. Falmouth
• June 20 at Wareham
• June 22 vs. Cotuit
• June 23 at Bourne
• June 24 at Orleans
• June 25 vs. Wareham
• June 26 at Falmouth
• June 28 at Harwich
• June 29 vs. Cotuit
• June 30 at Bourne

The June 26 matchup will be streamed on NESN, which agreed to a package of games with the Cape Cod League again this year.

President Andrew Lang told Patch in a recent interview that each team in the league will be hosting a special centennial celebration during the 2023.

"Every team is doing a 100-year anniversary type of celebration at some point," Lang said.

Lang noted that the All-Star game, to be held in Harwich this year, is also something to look forward to.

"Every Cape season is a good season," Lang said. "This will be a really good season, I'm excited for it."