NEW YORK (AP) — The collection opener among the Miami Marlins and New York Mets was postponed Tuesday evening since of unplayable area problems brought about by Tropical Storm Ophelia.
The activity will be made up Wednesday as section of a single-admission doubleheader starting at 4:10 p.m.
Frank Franklin II / AP
It is really a very important sequence for Miami, which commenced the working day 1 sport out of a National League playoff location with six to perform. The Mets are eradicated from postseason competition.
Three straight days of rain in New York remaining the Citi Area infield a soggy mess when the showers ultimately subsided late Tuesday afternoon and the tarp was taken off.
Associates of the Mets’ grounds crew labored for about three hours trying to dry and clean the infield and get the surface area in actively playing form. A message on the scoreboard extended just before the scheduled 7:10 p.m. start out alerted lovers the recreation would be delayed, and a different message browse: “Tropical Storm Ophelia brought heavy precipitation to the location. We are trying to make the area disorders playable.”
Key League Baseball associates huddled on the area with Marlins typical manager Kim Ng, supervisor Skip Schumaker, Mets supervisor Buck Showalter and other people at 6 p.m. and then once more at 8 p.m.
Somewhere around 20 minutes later arrived an announcement that the game was postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday.
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