BALTIMORE: Orioles, White Sox Play to Empty Stadium for First Time Ever

Due to concerns for public safety with the protests going on in Baltimore, on Wednesday afternoon the Orioles and White Sox played a game that was closed to fans for the first time in Major League Baseball history. The O's didn't let the lack of a crowd slow them down. They crushed the Sox 8-2.

The game came after two games were postponed due to the civil unrest in wake of the funeral of Freddie Gray, a black man who died of spinal cord injuries he suffered while in police custody.

Although there were no fans inside the stadium, a group of diehard fans watched the game from outside the gates on Camden Street and on hotel balconies. There was also a still a PA announcer and the Orioles' traditional seventh-inning stretch song, John Denver's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" was played as usual. (MLB.com)

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