Friday, May 28 MLB weather forecast: Six games in jeopardy of being postponed by rain, starting with Reds vs. Cubs matinee
Weather could play havoc with the MLB schedule Friday as six games are in some jeopardy.
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Memorial Day Weekend is always one of the biggest around Major League Baseball, but rain could put a major damper on Friday's action with potential weather postponements in six games: Reds-Cubs, Rockies-Pirates, Brewers-Nationals, Braves-Mets, Marlins-Red Sox and Blue Jays-Indians. There is a major storm front sitting over the Midwest as of this writing and moving east. (I'm not a meteorologist but stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.)
Reds-Cubs is the lone matinee of Friday and scheduled to start at 2:20 p.m. ET from Wrigley Field, but that start time probably is a pipe dream. The forecast for Chicago during the day is highs of just 52 degrees (on May 28!?) with a 70 percent chance of rain and winds that could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Things are looking drier later in the day but colder and perhaps even windier.
Weather/wind also looks to be a factor in Yankees-Tigers and Orioles-White Sox, but those should be played. Because the White Sox game is at night instead of the afternoon, that should be in the clear (although as noted above quite chilly and windy) as opposed to the Reds-Cubs matinee.
Here are the "night" forecasts for the other potentially affected games via weather.com, all evening/night starts.
Rather unusually, two teams aren't playing on Friday: Philadelphia and Tampa Bay. They open a two-game set in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Saturday.
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