Here’s the release from the Boston Red Sox concerning the cancellation of Sunday’s game which will now be played on Saturday as part of a day-night doubleheader.
BOSTON, MA — The Red Sox announced today that the game against the Oakland Athletics originally scheduled for Sunday, August 28, at 1:35 p.m., has been moved to Saturday, August 27, at 5:00 p.m., as part of a split doubleheader at Fenway Park. The start time of the Saturday regularly scheduled game has been moved to 12:00 noon. The changes were made after consulting with Red Sox private weather service Telvent DTN, which provided a long-range forecast of potential severe weather in the greater Boston area due to Hurricane Irene on late Saturday and throughout the day and into the evening on Sunday.
Fans holding tickets for Saturday’s regularly scheduled game may use them for game one of the doubleheader, which is scheduled to begin at the new start time of 12:00 noon. All gates for game one will open at 10:30 a.m.
Fans holding tickets for the Sunday match up may use those tickets for game two on Saturday, which is now scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. All gates for game two will open 45 minutes after the conclusion of game one.
The current forecast calls for a consistent period of moderate to heavy rain and strong winds beginning late in the day on Saturday and continuing through Sunday evening as Hurricane Irene moves up the east coast and into New England.
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“With a forecast that calls for potentially heavy rains and high winds on Sunday, we felt it was necessary and prudent to move the Sunday game to Saturday, also,” said Red Sox President/CEO Larry Lucchino. “This will not only give us the best opportunity to play the scheduled games, but also help to insure that traveling conditions are safer for our fans. We apologize for the inconvenience these changes will cause our fans this weekend, both those coming to the ballpark and those tuning in to the game on radio or television. On behalf of John, Tom and our entire front office, I also want to express gratitude for the flexibility that our players and our fans have shown this season as, together, we’ve dealt with an extraordinary number of weather-related scheduling issues.”
The decision to move the game times was made in collaboration with Major League Baseball, the MLB Players Association, the Red Sox players, and the Oakland Athletics.
The Red Sox would like to remind fans that up to several hundred day-of-game tickets are also available for these games, and every other game, at the Gate E Ticket Window beginning 90 minutes before first pitch.
Both games will be televised on NESN and broadcast in English on WEEI 850 AM and in Spanish on WWZN 1510 AM.
