Redbirds open 2026 home slate with weeklong festivities
The Memphis Redbirds played the St. Louis Cardinals on March 24, 2025, at AutoZone Park. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Heading into their 29th season in the Bluff City, the Memphis Redbirds are looking to capitalize on the momentum from last year’s 80-win season.
The Redbirds — Triple-A affiliate of MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals — open the 2026 season against the Gwinnett Stripers at 6:05 p.m. Friday in Lawrenceville, Georgia. They also play Saturday and Sunday in Georgia before returning to AutoZone Park for their home opener against the Norfolk Tides at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, March 31.
The franchise’s 80-68 finish in 2025 marked its first winning season since 2018, when the club went 83-57 and beat the Durham Bulls to win the Triple-A championship.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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