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An empty Oriole Park at Camden Yards is shown after the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox was postponed on April 27, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland.Greg Fiume—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 28, 2015 7:54 PM UTC The Baltimore Orioles will play a game against the Chicago White Sox in an empty stadium on Wednesday, the team has [announced](https://twitter.com/Orioles/status/593124360963031040). Tuesday’s decision came in the wake of violent disorder in the city after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died after being injured while in police custody. The team had [already postponed ](http://time.com/3838490/white-sox-orioles-baseball-baltimore/)the first two games in the series, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. The third game will be played as scheduled on Wednesday, but the stadium will be closed to the public. The first two games will be made up in a doubleheader on May 28. Ongoing unrest also appears to be the cause of the team relocating a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays, originally scheduled to take place on their home field of Oriole Park on May 1 to 3, to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. Ticket holders to all six affected games will be able to exchange their plans for another date. > [](https://twitter.com/Orioles/status/593124360963031040) ### See Baltimore Dig Out From the Ashes as National Guard Arrives  Victor Huntley-el helps clean up debris from a CVS pharmacy that was set on fire one day earlier during riots in Baltimore, April 28, 2015. Andrew Burton—Getty Images  Maryland state troopers stand guard as residents clean up after a night of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015. Evan Vucci—AP  Cleanup volunteers stand in the intersection of North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in the wake of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015. Noah Scialom—EPA  Residents clean up after a night of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015. Evan Vucci—AP  A looted wig shop is seen damaged after a night of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015. Shannon Stapleton—Reuters  Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake tours Pennsylvania avenue as Maryland State Police stand guard in Baltimore on April 28, 2015. Eric Thayer—Reuters  A man watches as the Baltimore fire department fights a fire in Baltimore on April 28, 2015. Shannon Stapleton—Reuters  Maryland state troopers stand guard near a CVS pharmacy that was burned during riots in Baltimore, April 28, 2015. Andrew Burton—Getty Images  Baltimore firefighters inspect a CVS pharmacy that was set on fire one day earlier during riots in Baltimore, April 28, 2015. Andrew Burton—Getty Images  Baltimore firefighters talk to community members cleaning up a CVS pharmacy that was set on fire one day earlier during riots in Baltimore, April 28, 2015. Andrew Burton—Getty Images  Looters smashed a hole in the wall from a laundromat to a hardware store, and Kim Le joined a neighborhood clean up crew to help out the morning after citywide riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015. Mark Makela&—Getty Images  A man walks with his daughter along North Avenue toward a CVS that was set on fire during riots in Baltimore, April 28, 2015. 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