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Watch: Pirates and Orioles play through snow shower

By Adam Gretz | Last updated 4/5/24

The only problem with baseball games in the first week of April is that one never really knows what sort of weather they are going to be dealing with. Sunny. Rainy. Cold. Warm. Maybe in the Northeast or Midwest... snow.

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles experienced that on Friday during the Pirates' home opener at PNC Park.

Snow game, anyone? ☃️ pic.twitter.com/mTnN60kmkN
— MLB (@MLB) April 5, 2024

Those are not snow flurries, either. That is an all-out snow shower. It ended up being very short, but it is still not exactly the type of thing one normally sees at baseball games. Both teams played through it.

It has been a wild week for weather in the Pittsburgh area as two days of non-stop rain resulted in floods that pushed the Allegheny River right up to the edges of PNC Park.

The Pirates entered Friday's game 5-1 and have been one of the biggest surprise teams in the league this season. The Orioles, coming off a 100-win season and an American League East crown, are one of the best teams in baseball and look to be a legitimate World Series contender.

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