Sports Xchange: Rain Postpones Pirates-Sox Series Finale

By Gethin Coolbaugh, The Sports Xchange

BOSTON -- Rain put a damper on a hot start for the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, but the postponement may have come at a good time for the Pittsburgh Pirates. 

Non-stop rain in the forecast forced the teams to scrap the scheduled series finale at Fenway Park, which will now be played on April 13 at 2:05 p.m. ET. 

"I just think with the number of common off-days without exceeding the consecutive number of days played, Thursday was the most logical," Red Sox manager John Farrell said on a conference call.

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