Never mind the island-wide power outage in Puerto Rico, the ballgame between the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins will go on as planned Wednesday night, officials said.
“All emergency systems at Hiram Bithorn Stadium have been tested just now and are fully functional. The game will GO ON. Nothing will stop us,” San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz tweeted.
“This has not taken us by surprise,” Puerto Rico Series director of operations John Blakeman said, according to ESPN, which will broadcast the game.
“We are fully prepared. Every area of Hiram Bithorn Stadium can run on generators that have a capacity to run for 48 hours. The main building runs on two generators, one of 400 kilowatts and another one of 200 for a total of 600 kilowatts,” Blakeman added.
“Each light tower operates with independent generators of 200 kilowatts. The game will not be affected at all.”
Puerto Rico is hosting the two-game series at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, where the Indians won Tuesday’s opening game 6-1.
Wednesday’s finale starts at 7:10 p.m. ET.


