The Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants postponed Sunday’s game, scheduled for 1:10 p.m., because of inclement weather at Comerica Park in Detroit. The three-game series’ finale was delayed for 5 hours, 5 minutes.
The postponed game will be made up July 24.
The time of that game has not been determined.
The Tigers, at 12:38 p.m., announced Sunday’s start would be delayed due to inclement weather. It took 5 hours, 37 minutes to announce it was postponed.
It did not rain as much as expected.
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At 1:55 p.m., the Tigers announced the game would not begin earlier than 3 p.m., but for at least a couple hours, the rain completely stopped at Comerica Park. The sun was shining, and because of MLB’s new pitch clock, there was a potential window to complete an official game.
A game is considered official once the visiting team has made 15 outs (five innings) and the home team is leading, or once the home team has made 15 outs (five innings) regardless of the score.
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The Tigers issued a statement: “We thank fans for their patience. In the next few days, the Tigers will be reaching out to everyone who was in attendance at Comerica Park during our delay to offer complimentary tickets to a future game.”
All paid tickets from Sunday’s postponed game will be valid for July 24.
The Tigers won the first two games of the series, both in extra innings, on Nick Maton’s walk-off home run Friday and Miguel Cabrera’s walk-off single Saturday. The Tigers outscored the Giants, 14-11, in the two games.
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