NEW YORK -- The Tampa Bay Rays will return home to Florida following Hurricane Irma for what is now a truncated five-game homestand against the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs.
A three-game series against the New York Yankees was moved from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg to New York's Citi Field, the home of the Mets. The Rays split the first two games of the series entering Wednesday's finale.
The Rays and Mets had a lighthearted exchange on Twitter about Tampa Bay's final "home" game at Citi Field on Wednesday.
Hello @mets, can you please send fresh towels and let us know what time is checkout? pic.twitter.com/J8QrrA6VV0
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) September 13, 2017
We hope you enjoyed your stay...Come back whenever you'd like!
— New York Mets (@Mets) September 13, 2017
Win today and we'll give you a late checkout. 😉 https://t.co/R6LrvSKVuO
The Rays said Wednesday they will host the Red Sox as scheduled in a three-game set starting Friday, then the Cubs beginning Tuesday.
Tickets for the relocated games may be exchanged for an equivalent number of free tickets for the games against Boston or versus Baltimore on the season's final weekend.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.