MLB Alters Cubs-Red Sox Series Due To Impending Storm

[Steve Drumwright]

 

With the Chicago Cubs still battling for a better seed in the NL wild-card chase and a severe storm hitting New England this weekend, MLB has altered the schedule for the three games being hosted by the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Sunday's game was moved to Friday, creating a split doubleheader on the first day of the scheduled three-game series. The first game will be played at 1:05 p.m. ET, with the second at the originally scheduled 6:05 p.m. ET. The first game will be the rescheduled game from Sunday for ticketing purposes. Saturday's game will be at 7:15 p.m. ET, although that time could be moved up depending on the forecast.

While the Red Sox have their postseason invite locked up and are fairly set as the No. 2 wild card (No. 5 overall seed) in the AL, the Cubs could finish anywhere from the No. 1 wild card to the No. 3 entering the final five games of the regular season. The Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres are tied going into Wednesday's action at 87-70. The Cubs hold the tiebreaker over the Phillies and the Padres and the Phillies have the tiebreaker over the Padres.

There will be no game on Sunday unless one of the games Friday or Saturday are postponed. Sunday is expected to be the worst of the days of the storm. It is also possible that a game will be played Monday if needed. The postseason begins Tuesday with all four Wild Card Series.

 

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[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Looking at the forecast, there is no way the game on Saturday is getting played. Potential makeup on Monday looks bad too

Edited 56 minutes ago by Tangled Up in Plaid

[Bertz]

Guessing they are going to play game 3 in another park (Tampa?) on Sunday, but for Boston's $$$ sake they have to wait as long as possible to make that call

 

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

Guessing they are going to play game 3 in another park (Tampa?) on Sunday, but for Boston's $$$ sake they have to wait as long as possible to make that call

 

The longer they wait the worse the weather gets and the harder it is to get out of Boston.