The San Francisco Giants and Jung Hoo Lee will celebrate Lee’s Bobblehead day before the first game of a doubleheader on Sat Aug 29th at Oracle Park in San Francisco (photo by RP to Win and X)

San Francisco Giants report: Giants schedule doubleheader against Diamondbacks at Oracle Park on Sat Aug. 29 with a day off Sun Aug 30

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–To accommodate the Giants’ makeup game against the Atlanta Braves in Cobb County on Aug. 31, the Giants have moved their series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park from Aug. 30 to a day-night doubleheader on Saturday, Aug. 29.

As collectively bargained between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association, teams may not be scheduled to play more than 21-straight days, and may not be scheduled to play in the Eastern Time Zone a day after playing in the Pacific Time Zone. With the Giants’ makeup game scheduled against the Braves in Cobb County on Aug. 31, that violated both rules, as the Giants would have been forced to play for 23-straight days.

The first game of the doubleheader against the Diamondbacks on Aug. 29, which was originally scheduled as the series finale on Aug. 30, will begin at 1:05 p.m. Tickets for the originally-scheduled series finale will be valid for the first game. Jung Hoo Lee bobbleheads, which were set to be handed out to the first 15,000 fans on Aug. 30, will instead be handed out to the first 15,000 fans for the first game of the doubleheader on Aug. 29.

The second game will remain in its originally-scheduled 7:05 slot, as will the ceremony to honor Jeff Kent, who will be a month removed from his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 26. 

All fans will be asked to leave Oracle Park following the first game. Fans with tickets to both games will be permitted to re-enter the park when the gates open for the second game.

Stephen Ruderman is a San Francisco Giants reporter and podccaster at http://www.sportsradioservice.com