Angels announce 2015 spring training schedule

The Angels will open their 2015 spring training exhibition schedule with a March 5 game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Tempe Diablo Stadium, the team announced on Thursday.

The Cactus League home schedule features 15 games, including a March 8 game against the defending American League champion Kansas City Royals and a March 28 game against the Dodgers.

The Angels will return to Southern California for the annual Freeway Series against the Dodgers with games at Angel Stadium on April 2-3 and at Dodger Stadium on April 4.

The 2015 Cactus League schedule, all times Pacific:

March 5: Milwaukee, noon; March 6: Colorado, noon; March 7: at Oakland, noon; March 8: Kansas City, noon; March 9: at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.; March 10: Texas, 1 p.m.; March 11: at Arizona, 1 p.m.; March 12: Chicago Cubs, 1 p.m.; March 13: San Diego, 1 p.m.; March 14: split squad vs. Chicago White Sox, 1 p.m.; split squad at Kansas City, 1 p.m.; March 15: at Chicago White Sox, 1 p.m.; March 16: Texas, 1 p.m.; March 17: at Colorado, 1 p.m.; March 18: OFF; March 19: at Dodgers, 1 p.m.; March 20: at Cleveland, 1 p.m.; March 21: San Francisco, 1 p.m.; March 22: at San Francisco, 1 p.m.; March 23: Seattle, 1 p.m.; March 24: at Texas, 1 p.m.; March 25: Cleveland, 1 p.m.; March 26: at Chicago Cubs, 1 p.m.; March 27: Arizona, 1 p.m.; March 28: Dodgers, 1 p.m.; March 29: Cincinnati, 1 p.m.; March 30: at Seattle, 1 p.m.; March 31: Oakland, 1 p.m.; April 1: at Oakland, noon; April 2: Dodgers at Angel Stadium, 7 p.m.; April 3: Dodgers at Angel Stadium, 7 p.m.; April 4: at Dodgers, TBD.