Red Sox, Angels rained out; will play doubleheader Monday - Comcast SportsNet New England
ANAHEIM -- Leave it to the Red Sox to help make history -- without even taking the field. The Red Sox saw the third game of their four-game series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim postponed because of rain, making it the first Angels home game to be rained out in 20 years. The last rainout at Angel Stadium took place June 16, 1995. The Sox and Angels will play a separate-admission doubleheader Monday, with games at 5 p. m. and 10 p. m. Eastern time. That will represent the first doubleheader because of rain here since Aug. Rain fell steadily for more than an hour before tapering off. By that time, however, the rain from Saturday and throughout Sunday afternoon had soaked the field, which doesn't feature good drainage. "Based on the conditions the way they were,'' said John Farrell, "with so much standing water even (Saturday) night and no drainage in the outfield, honestly, I don't think playing was ever a likely situation. The Sox plan to go with the same pitching plans for Monday, with Eduardo Rodriguez -- Sunday's scheduled starter -- going in the afternoon game and knuckleballer Steven Wright going in the night game, as he was scheduled to do. The Angels, too,... Despite the long day set for Monday, it won't affect the Red Sox' travel schedule: the Sox had always planned to fly to Houston on Tuesday morning -- rather than the customary departure of. Source: www.csnne.com
