No Red Sox at Citi Field yet
There’s a baseball game happening at Citi Field on Friday night, and the Mets are taking home-field advantage to another level – though to no fault of their own.
The Red Sox, who finished their series with the White Sox in Chicago on Thursday afternoon, were still in the air around three hours before their 7:15 p.m. game against the Mets in Queens. Their rumored flight, Delta flight 8879, was scheduled to land at 4:32 p.m. at LaGuardia Airport, just a few miles away from Citi Field.
Mets interim manager Andy Green said at his pregame news conference shortly after 3:50 p.m. that they are preparing for the game to start on time.
“They're airborne right now, as far as I know,” Green said. “And I'm sure MLB will make some level of a determination if something needs to change.
“As of now, we're preparing like our game is going to start on time. Until we get information otherwise, that's how we're going to keep preparing.”
Ben Dickson is Newsday Sports' general assignment reporter. He joined Newsday’s high school sports staff in 2023 after graduating from Maryland, where he covered several of the Terrapins' teams.
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