Nationals announce 2015 spring training schedule

The Washington Nationals today released their 30-game 2015 Spring Training schedule, which features 14 home games at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, FL, including their Grapefruit League home opener on Thursday, March 5 vs. New York Mets. The Nationals' Grapefruit League slate includes a pair of visits from the NL Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals (Saturday, March 7 and Friday, March 27) as well as the AL Central Champion Detroit Tigers (Wednesday, March 11 and Thursday, March 19). The New York Yankees will make the trip across the state to Viera on Monday, March 23. Nationals fans making the trek to Viera should note the Nationals host six games over the first 10 days of the season at Space Coast Stadium from Thursday, March 5 to Saturday, March 14 and will play host to home games on three of the four possible Saturdays throughout Spring Training. The Nationals will play split squad contests on Saturday, March 14 (vs. MIA and at NYM) and Saturday, March 21 (vs. MIA and at ATL). Spring Training season packages, which include all 14 home games, will be available beginning on December 1 at 10:00 a.m. online at nationals.com/spring. Beginning January 12, three- and six-game Flex Plans will be available exclusively at nationals.com/spring. Individual-game tickets for all Nationals spring contests at Space Coast Stadium will be available beginning January 31 at 10:00 a.m. at the Space Coast Stadium Box Office, by visiting nationals.com/spring or by calling 888.632.NATS(6287). WASHINGTON NATIONALS 2015 GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE SCHEDULE Thursday, March 5 vs. Mets, Viera Friday, March 6 at Braves, Orlando Saturday, March 7 vs. Cardinals, Viera Sunday, March 8 at Yankees, Tampa Monday, March 9 vs. Braves, Viera Tuesday, March 10 at Marlins, Jupiter Wednesday, March 11 vs. Tigers, Viera Thursday, March 12 at Mets, Port St. Lucie Friday, March 13 vs. Astros, Viera Saturday, March 14 vs. Marlins, Viera Saturday, March 14 at Mets, Port St. Lucie Sunday, March 15 at Astros, Kissimmee Monday, March 16 vs. Astros, Viera Tuesday, March 17 at Tigers, Lakeland Wednesday, March 18 at Marlins, Jupiter Thursday, March 19 vs. Tigers, Viera Friday, March 20 at Astros, Kissimmee Saturday, March 21 vs. Marlins, Viera Saturday, March 21 at Braves, Orlando Sunday, March 22 at Tigers, Lakeland Monday, March 23 vs. Yankees, Viera Tuesday, March 24 OFF-DAY Wednesday, March 25 at Cardinals, Jupiter Thursday, March 26 vs. Mets, Viera Friday, March 27 vs. Cardinals, Viera Saturday, March 28 at Mets, Port St. Lucie Sunday, March 29 vs. Marlins, Viera Monday, March 30 at Cardinals, Jupiter Tuesday, March 31 vs. Mets, Viera Wednesday, April 1 at Marlins, Jupiter Thursday, April 2 OFF-DAY Friday, April 3 at Yankees, Tampa