( CNN ) Wednesday 's game between the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox will be closed to the public , the Orioles announced Tuesday . The closed-door contest follows the postponements of Monday 's and Tuesday 's games against the White Sox until a doubleheader scheduled for May 28 following unrest in Baltimore . A source within Major League Baseball told CNN the league is not aware of any prior closed-door games in major league history . The game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards is scheduled to begin at 2:05 p.m . ET . The game will be televised on the MASN regional cable network . `` After conferring with local officials , it was determined that Wednesday afternoon 's game should be played without fan admittance in order to minimize safety concerns , '' Major League Baseball said . The office of new Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league and Orioles will keep an eye on the situation in Baltimore . `` Our thoughts are with all those who have been affected by violence in Baltimore , and everyone in our game hopes for peace and the safety of a great American city , '' Manfred said . Hall of Famer Frank Thomas tweeted that the series should be moved to a later date . The former White Sox star said , `` Playing in front of a empty house makes no sense ! ! '' The game changes come as the situation in the city remains tense following Monday 's riots , with more protests and arrests Tuesday . Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the closed game will mean `` another sad day in our city . '' `` We 're a sports town . We love our O 's , '' Rawlings-Blake told CNN 's Wolf Blitzer . The Orioles said tickets from Monday 's postponed game can be used for admittance on May 28 . Fans with tickets for Tuesday 's game must exchange them for tickets for any remaining home game , including May 28 . The team also announced it would move three games ( May 1-3 ) against the Tampa Bay Rays to Florida . The Orioles will still be the home team , the team said . Fans with tickets for those games and Wednesday 's contest can swap their tickets for future games , based on the dollar amount of the ticket . Exchanges must be completed by June 30 , the team said . The Orioles have averaged more than 33,000 fans in their first nine games at Camden Yards this season , about 73 % of capacity . According to MLB.com , games have been postponed in the past because of security concerns . In 1992 , four Los Angeles Dodgers games were pushed back because of riots after the acquittals of police officers in the Rodney King case . In 1967 , riots in Detroit prompted baseball officials to move games between the Tigers and the Orioles to Baltimore . Opening Day of 1968 was postponed for two days after the killing of the Rev . Martin Luther King Jr. After the September 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks , all professional baseball was called off for one week . ESPN anchor and baseball expert Keith Olbermann tweeted that a September 1882 game hosted by Worcester had six fans come , the lowest spectator turnout for a major league game . CNN 's Jill Martin , Dave Close and Theodore Schleifer contributed to this report .
White Sox Hall of Famer tweets the closed-door game also should be postponed . Baltimore unrest leads to postponement of six baseball games . Third game in series will be first ever played without spectators .