After being forced to play three home games in St. Petersburg, Fla. in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the Houston Astros announced Wednesday that the team will return to Minute Maid Park on Saturday for their home series against the New York Mets.
The team has been displaced since Aug. 28, when they could not return to Houston after finishing a series with the Los Angeles Angels. Houston spent their off-day Monday in Arlington before learning they would play their three-game home series against the Texas Rangers at Tropicana Field — 1,002 miles from Minute Maid Park.
“With the cooperation of the Mayor’s Office, we are going to play baseball at Minute Maid Park this weekend,” Astros’ President Reid Ryan said in a team news release.