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Fans to be allowed at World Series, NLCS in Arlington, Texas

in the middle or rows and at March 12, club employees
the ends. Unsold seats will be and player families were al-
tied back. lowed to attend games this
No seats will be sold in the week.
first six rows within 20 feet While Texas is allowing up
of the field, dugouts or bull- to 50% capacity at venues,
pen. Fans will not be allowed MLB did not anticipate hav-
to the lowest level, which is ing government permission
reserved for MLB's tier one for fans to attend postseason
personnel, such as players games at Dodger Stadium in
and managers. Los Angeles or Petco Park in
Masks are mandatory for fans San Diego, where AL playoff
except while they are eat- games are scheduled.
ing or drinking at their tick- Globe Life Field has been the
eted seats. Concessions and site of more than 50 gradua-
parking will be cashless, and tions, but the Rangers played
the team's concessionaire, their home games in an emp-
Delaware North, is planning ty ballpark.
wrapped items. The Rangers will recom-
The NLCS is scheduled on mend to MLB that the roof
seven straight days from Oct. be kept open when possible,
12-18 and the World Series executive vice president of
from Oct. 20-28, with tra- business operations Rob
(AP) — Fans can take them- to old Globe Life Park, the on Friday and subscribers on ditional off days between Matwick said, but the team
selves out to the ball game team's open-air home from Monday, and others are set Games 2 and 3 and Games understands it will be closed
for the first time this season 1994 through 2019. aside for MLB and players. 5 and 6, if the Series goes in the event of rain. Matwick
during the NL Champion- The World Series is being Tickets are priced at $40-250 that far. The Division Series, said MLB made the decision
ship Series and World Series played at a neutral site for for the NLCS and $75-450 League Championship Series not to sell seats for the Divi-
at new Globe Life Field in the first time in response to for the World Series, and and World Series all will be sion Series.
Arlington, Texas. the coronavirus pandemic. It 10,550 seats in the regular being played at neutral sites Other than 1944, the only
Major League Baseball said will be played at one stadium sections of the ballpark and because of the coronavirus times the World Series was
Wednesday that about 11,500 for the first time since the St. 950 in suites will be sold in .pandemic. held at one site came in 1921
tickets will be available for Louis Cardinals defeated the "pods" of four contiguous MLB played the entire regu- and 1922, when the New
each game. That is about Browns at Sportsman's Park seats. lar season without fans and York Giants and Yankees both
28% of the 40,518-capac- in 1944. Each pod will be distanced also the first round of the played home games at the
ity, retractable-roof stadium Some of the seats will be in- by at least 6 feet and a check- playoffs with no fans. For Polo Grounds. Yankee Sta-
of the Texas Rangers, which cluded in presales for Texas erboard pattern will be used, the first time since spring dium opened in 1923.
opened this year adjacent Rangers season ticket holders with alternating rows of seats training was interrupted on

Real Madrid beats Valladolid 1-0; Suárez and Atlético held

(AP) — Vinícius Júnior best up front. Celta Vigo on Thursday. Suárez was substituted by ed club which on Wednesday
scored after coming off the "It was difficult in the first Barcelona and Atlético had Diego Costa less than three defeated Eibar 1-0.
bench as Real Madrid de- half, but we changed the their first two matches post- minutes after the miss, but Villarreal wins
feated Valladolid 1-0 on game after we switched the poned because of the par- the Brazilian-born striker Villarreal rebounded from a
Wednesday for its second scheme (to a 4-3-3) and I en- ticipation in the quarterfinals also couldn't do much up 4-0 loss at Barcelona with a
win in a row in the Spanish tered the match with (Mar- of the Champions League front. Atlético pressured near 3-1 home win against Alavés.
league, while Atlético Madrid co) Asensio," Vinícius Júnior in August. Madrid had one the end but failed to capital- Paco Alcácer opened the
was held to a scoreless draw said. game postponed after reach- ize on a couple of good op- scoring in the 13th minute
against promoted Huesca in Vinícius Júnior became the ing the round of 16. portunities from inside the and sealed the victory in the
a disappointing first start for first forward to score for Atlético held area. 67th. Gerard Moreno con-
Luis Suárez. Madrid this season after Suárez followed up his prom- "What we did in the second verted a 45th-minute penalty
Vinícius Júnior netted the it opened its title-defense ising debut for Atlético with a half is the right path," Sime- kick after Alavés had equal-
winner midway through the campaign with a 0-0 draw at lackluster performance in his one said. "We just couldn't ized through Édgar Méndez
second half after Madrid's Real Sociedad and a 3-2 win first start on Wednesday. capitalize on our chances." in the 36th.
forwards struggled again in against Real Betis thanks to a Three days after scoring two Huesca, back in the topflight Alavés remains winless after
attack. The young Brazil- late penalty kick converted by goals and setting up another after a year in the second divi- four rounds. Villarreal had
ian broke the deadlock from defender Sergio Ramos. in about 20 minutes off the sion, was looking for its first a draw and a win before the
close range after a defensive Madrid again was without bench in Atlético's 6-1 win win of the season after two loss to Barcelona at the Camp
mistake by Valladolid defend- Eden Hazard, who had re- over Granada, Suárez strug- draws and a loss. Huesca next Nou Stadium.
ers inside the area. covered from an ankle injury gled in the team's 0-0 draw at visits Elche, another promot-
He had been on the field for but now is nursing a right leg Huesca.
less than 10 minutes after muscle injury. The former Barcelona player
replacing striker Luka Jovic, The victory left Madrid at the started alongside young Por-
who missed another chance top of the standings with sev- tugal forward João Félix, but
to impress as a starter. Jovic en points, along with Getafe, the duo failed to spark the
had two of the best scoring Valencia and Villarreal. Ma- attack for Diego Simeone's
opportunities of the game drid and Getafe have a game team.
but couldn't capitalize on in hand. The Uruguay striker had the
them, first with a close-range Valladolid, winless after four game's best chance after a
shot in the first half and then matches, had a few good perfect through-ball by Félix
with a header after halftime. chances on counterattacks in the 59th minute, but he
Madrid coach Zinedine Zi- and forced Madrid goalkeep- failed to get past goalkeeper
dane started the match with er Thibaut Courtois to make Andrés Fernández inside the
two strikers, but Karim Ben- a couple of good saves. area and eventually had his
zema also was far from his Barcelona visits unbeaten shot blocked.