Taipei, March 13 (CNA) Game 2 of a three-game exhibition series between the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers and Taiwan's professional All-Stars was canceled due to heavy rain, organizers announced Saturday.
Heavy rain started to fall Saturday morning and continued through the afternoon, making it impossible to start the game at 2 p.m. as scheduled.
Players from the Dodgers and the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) All-Stars waited for more than two and a half hours in Taipei's Tienmu Baseball Stadium before the game was called off.
There was a break in the rain at around 4 p.m., and after consulting with both teams, the organizers announced that the game would start at 4: 25 p.m., only for the rain to start up again and force the contest to be canceled.
Dodgers manager Joe Torre, players and coaching staff went onto the field after the game was called off to show their appreciation to the more than 8,000 fans who had also waited in the rain.
All ticket holders will receive full refunds, series promotor Bros Sports Marketing announced.
Both teams are scheduled to travel to the southern city of Kaohsiung by high speed rail early Sunday for Game 3 of the series to be played at Kaohsiung County Stadium (also known as Chengcing Lake Baseball Stadium) starting at 2 p.m. local time.
The CPBL All-Stars beat the Dodgers 5-2 Friday in Game 1.
The National League team is visiting Taiwan for the second time in team history. The team visited Taiwan with a full squad in 1993 and finished with one win and two losses in a three-game exhibition series.