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Play ball! 3 games on opening day, with Royals-Mets rematch

Tulips frame the field at PNC Park and the skyline of downtown Pittsburgh as pre-season preparations continue Friday, April 1, 2016. The Pittsburgh Pirates open the 2016 Major League Baseball season, Sunday, April 3, 2016 against the St. Louis Cardinals in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Tulips frame the field at PNC Park and the skyline of downtown Pittsburgh as pre-season preparations continue Friday, April 1, 2016. The Pittsburgh Pirates open the 2016 Major League Baseball season, Sunday, April 3, 2016 against the St. Louis Cardinals in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Andrew McCutchen vs. Adam Wainwright in the first inning, Josh Donaldson and the bangin’ Toronto Blue Jays teeing off later, then a World Series rematch in Kansas City.

Neat way to begin opening day.

The forecast at PNC Park calls for temperatures in the upper 30s on Sunday afternoon when McCutchen and the Pittsburgh Pirates host the first game of the 2016 season, facing the St. Louis Cardinals.

“There’s a part of opening day that’s always tremendously special and significant,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.

Toronto-Tampa Bay and Mets-Royals are on tap, too.