The Pirates-Guardians game scheduled for Friday night, July 17, has been postponed because of air quality conditions and will now be played Saturday, July 18, as part of a split doubleheader.
The makeup game is set for 1:10 p.m. ET, with the originally scheduled July 18 game moved from 4:10 p.m. to 7:10 p.m.
ET. Gates for the first game will open at 12:00 p.m.
ET, while gates for the night game will open at 5:30 p.m. ET.
Fans will be cleared from the ballpark between games.
Sugardale Dollar Dog Night will not carry over to the Saturday 1:10 p.m. makeup game.
Fans with tickets dated July 17 can use the same ticket to get into the 1:10 p.m. game on July 18, and no exchange is needed. Those same tickets will not work for the night game unless fans also have a ticket for that contest. If fans cannot attend the makeup game, exchanges are available depending on how the tickets were purchased, and exchanges cannot be made in the Ballpark App.
Season Ticket Members who cannot attend the rescheduled game can exchange through the MyTickets Exchange program starting now for any game that is available. Those tickets must be exchanged by July 18 at 1:00 p.m. ET if they do not plan to attend the 1:10 p.m. game.
CLEGuardians.com purchasers who cannot attend must exchange their tickets online only at CLEGuardians.com/mytickets for one of 33 different game options. Single-game tickets can be exchanged starting now, and all exchanges must be completed by July 18 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Premium Club members will be contacted by their account representative about exchange options. Group ticket purchasers will be contacted by their account executive. SeatGeek and other secondary marketplace purchasers will be contacted directly by the company they bought from, and tickets bought through a secondary ticket marketplace for the July 17 game will be accepted for the 1:10 p.m. game on July 18.
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The 26-year-old has been one of the more productive bats at Triple-A Indianapolis this season while also bouncing around multiple outfield spots, which only adds to the argument that he can stay in the conversation. For the Pirates, the question is less about whether Fletcher can help somewhere and more about when, and in what role, that chance might come. [Read more 🡒]