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Published On: June 18th, 2024

Heavy rain and thunderstorms washed out the Border Cats game on Tuesday night against the Waterloo Bucks at Port Arthur Stadium. The game was suspended with none out in the bottom of the third inning with the Cats leading 1-0 on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Cole Ketzner (University of South Alabama) in the first inning.

The suspended game will resume on Wednesday morning at 11:05am with the Cats leading 1-0 and will be played as a 9-inning game. Following the completion of the suspended game, there will be a 30-minute break followed by 7-inning affair. The back to back games will be a one admission ticket with adult seating available on the left field party deck and tiki bar areas due to the Cats hosting their second School Day Game.

The Cats and Bucks will then play another 9-inning game which is scheduled to start at 6:35pm. The finale in the evening is Weenie Wednesday with 2-for-1 hot dogs presented by Sysco Food Service.

Fans can use their rain check tickets dated June 18th and exchange them for any other 2024 regular season home game subject to same seat availability.

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