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'Today's official attendance was zero': Baltimore hosts first MLB game without fans in
• http://www.theguardian.comUnrest following the death of Freddie Gray forced the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox to play in front of an empty stadium, a first in MLB regular-season history
Orioles 8, White Sox 2 – as it happened
Wednesday 29 April 2015 17.36 EDT Last modified on Thursday 30 April 2015 06.06 EDT

A general view of Oriole Park at Camden Yards during the top of the first inning of the game between Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. Fans were not allowed to attend the game due to the current state of unrest in Baltimore
Photograph: Tommy Gilligan/USA Today Sports
The attendance board in the press room notes the zero attendance
Photograph: Greg Fiume/Getty Images
Traffic police outside the stadium had little to do
Photograph: John Taggart/EPA
A bar remains closed at an empty Oriole Park
Photograph: Patrick Smith/Getty Images
A Baltimore Orioles employee drives through the usually busy stadium concourse
Photograph: Gail Burton/AP
Fans cram the balconies of a nearby hotel for a glimpse of the game
Photograph: Gail Burton/AP
Chicago White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers sits in the dugout under rows of empty seats
Photograph: Gail Burton/AP
A bar at the stadium is empty but the television still relays the action on the pitch
Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
The ticket booths remain shuttered
Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Alexei Ramirez of the Chicago White Sox sits in the stands before the game
Photograph: Patrick Smith/Getty Images




