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See the Orioles Playing in an Empty Stadium After Baltimore Riots

The Baltimore Orioles bat against the Chicago White Sox during a baseball game without fans on April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. Due to security concerns the game was closed to the public.
Gail Burton—AP The Baltimore Orioles bat against the Chicago White Sox during a baseball game without fans on April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. Due to security concerns the game was closed to the public.

The game was closed to the public

The Baltimore Orioles played to an empty stadium Wednesday after unrest in the city led the team to close the game to the public.

As previously reported, the team delayed the first two games in a series against the White Sox to a May 28 doubleheader, after closing the stadium during riots following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. Wednesday’s game went forward, but without any fans in the stands. Some tried to get a view of the game nevertheless, as reported by TIME senior writer Sean Gregory, who was on the scene:

Baltimore Protests, Then and Now

Baltimore Arrest During Riot Baltimore Police officers arrest a man following the funeral of Freddie Gray near Mowdamin Mall in Baltimore on April 27, 2015. Students Demonstrating Protestors participate in a vigil for Freddie Gray down the street from the Baltimore Police Department's Western District police station in Baltimore on April 21, 2015. National Guardsmen seal off a business-residential section of Baltimore and prepare to use tear gas against looters on April 8, 1968. Baltimore Police form a perimeter around a CVS pharmacy that was looted and burned in Baltimore on April 27, 2015. Smoke billows from a liquor store which was looted during the third day of violence, which saw over 400 fires, in Baltimore on April 8, 1968. Fire figthers respond to a fire at a CVS pharmacy in Baltimore on April 27, 2015. Baltimore City police pin down a curfew breaker in Baltimore on April 9, 1968. Law enforcement officers detain a demonstrator on Gilmore Avenue near Baltimore Police Department Western District during a protest against the death of Gray in police custody, in Baltimore
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