Orioles-White Sox Game on Wednesday Closed to Public
With the potential for more unrest in Baltimore, the Orioles and Major League Baseball announced extreme measures, reported USA Today.
Wednesday’s game will be unprecedented – the Orioles and White Sox playing in front of merely staff, media and security. In addition, they will move three more games out of the city.
MLB announced on Tuesday afternoon that the Orioles-White Sox game scheduled for Wednesday will be played at 2 p.m. ET at Camden Yards – but the game is closed to the public.
Monday and Tuesday’s postponed games will be made up as part of a traditional doubleheader at Camden Yards on May 28.
The previous low for attendance was 6, for a Sept. 28, 1882 game between the host Worcester Ruby Legs and Troy Trojans. In 2002, the minor league Charleston Riverdogs barred fans for five innings in an attempt to set a record for lowest attendance.
All six Orioles games this week were thrown into flux after civil unrest related to the death of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. It was further complicated when Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake imposed a curfew that lasts through the weekend.
The conditions will, in essence, cost the Orioles four home games. Future series against the Rays in Florida will remain there, although the Orioles figure to get a cut of gate receipts from this weekend’s series at Tropicana Field.
At least 15 police officers have been hurt in the riots, and and at least two dozen have been arrested, police said.
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