Why is the Diamondbacks-Cardinals Game Postponed? When Will it Be Played?

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Latest Diamondbacks-Cardinals delay update, including whether today’s game is delayed and when first pitch is expected.

The Arizona Diamondbacks-St. Louis Cardinals game is in a weather delay today as fans wait for the latest update on first pitch and when play is expected to begin.

At 7:20 p.m., the game was postponed. The Cardinals posted on social media moments later.

“GAME POSTPONED
Due to inclement weather, tonight’s game
(Thursday, June 25) between the Cardinals and
Diamondbacks has been postponed.
The game will be made up on Thursday, July 23
at Busch Stadium with first pitch scheduled for
4:15 PM CT.
Tickets for tonight’s game will be valid for the
July 23rd game.”

For the Cardinals, the makeup falls at the start of what had been a three-game, now four-game, homestand following a six-game road trip against Arizona and the Los Angeles Angels coming out of the All-Star break.

For the Diamondbacks, the newly rescheduled game extends a nine-game road trip to 10.

There have been recent local Flood Advisories and at least one Flash Flood Warning for parts of the St. Louis metro area and in St. Charles County until 8:15 PM CDT, so those conditions did not look great for getting the game in.

Alex D’Agostino, who covers the Diamondbacks for SI.com, was critical of the Cardinals decision not to move the start time up by several hours.

“Honestly, it doesn’t make a ton of sense that today’s Diamondbacks-Cardinals finale wasn’t either scheduled for earlier in the day or moved up after the weather forecast clearly showed this was coming,” D’Agostino posted,

Meteorologist Kevin Roth earlier posted that with three rounds of storms on the way, the game faced a danger of postponement.

“Round 1 causes a late start in STL. Round 2 could extend that late start, or if they manage to play, cause a delay,” Roth wrote. “Round 3 could end the game (late, but if there are delays…).”

Roth later posted, “There’s the Late Start I expected in STL. Anything beyond this I’m not as confident in. Truly not sure if they’ll be able to squeeze a game in or not.”

Diamondbacks-Cardinals Delay Status

As of late Thursday afternoon CDT, no official postponement had been announced by the Cardinals, the Diamondbacks, or MLB, though Roth’s Orange designation reflects a threat level that made a delay the more likely outcome than an on-time start.

AccuWeather’s gametime forecast logged at ESPN showed 82 degrees at Busch Stadium. That surface temperature reading does little to tell the full story when incoming storm cells are the primary concern. Fans holding tickets should monitor official club and MLB announcements closely in the final hours before game time, given how quickly the forecast outlook shifted throughout the day.

Arizona enters the series finale having taken two of three games in St. Louis, a 4-3 road win June 23 and a 9-4 blowout June 24, with the only Cardinals win coming in the June 22 opener, 3-2. The Diamondbacks are 41-39 on the season, third in the NL West and 10 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to ESPN.