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“I assumed we may have performed by way of it,” Crimson Sox infielder Justin Turner joked in a tweet.
Fenway Park was overtaken by rain on Friday evening.
The Crimson Sox recreation in opposition to the Mets was suspended through the fourth inning when it started to rain in Boston. That rain shortly became a downpour, which led to flooding all through the ballpark as a flash flood warning took impact within the metropolis till 12:45 a.m. Saturday.
Quite a few followers posted movies on Twitter of what the scene was like on the ballpark when the sport was stopped. Matt Crow confirmed water shortly making its approach down the steps at one of many concourses.
“Waterfall in Fenway Park tonight,” Crow tweeted.
One other tweet from @DannyBoy9 confirmed an analogous video as followers tried to make their approach down the steps.
Some followers had enjoyable with the rain. In one other space of the concourse, one man took his shirt off and started to do a slip-and-slide, which was shared in a video by Brandon Fig on Twitter.
Crimson Sox gamers additionally had been affected by it. Justin Turner shared a video exhibiting the flooded hallway between the Crimson Sox’ dugout and clubhouse. He wore trash baggage over his legs to be able to preserve himself dry.
“I assumed we may have performed by way of it,” Turner wrote with three laughing emojis.
Previous to Friday’s rain delay, followers of each groups had been capable of have some enjoyable. A unison “Yankees Suck” chant broke out at Fenway shortly earlier than the sport was paused.
After enjoying the ready recreation for over an hour, Friday’s recreation was formally suspended. It’ll be resumed at 2:10 p.m. Saturday. The Mets maintain a 4-3 lead within the fourth inning.
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