3A KingCo baseball playoff games postponed because of lightning

May 4, 2017 8:00 pm
Lake Washington and Bellevue coaches and umpires gather at home plate this evening at Bannerwood Park. At this point, the game was to start an hour late at about 5 p.m. because of lightning, but was postponed for the evening a few minutes later when more lightning appeared. Andy Nystrom, Kirkland Reporter
Lake Washington and Bellevue coaches and umpires gather at home plate this evening at Bannerwood Park. At this point, the game was to start an hour late at about 5 p.m. because of lightning, but was postponed for the evening a few minutes later when more lightning appeared. Andy Nystrom, Kirkland Reporter

A pair of 3A KingCo baseball playoff games featuring Bellevue, Mercer Island, Lake Washington and Juanita at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue were postponed this evening due to lightning.

The games are rescheduled for Friday: Lake Washington versus Bellevue at 4 p.m. and Juanita versus Mercer Island at 7 p.m. at Bannerwood. Both games were originally set for those same times this evening.

The LW/Bellevue game was delayed until 5 p.m. and the teams took the field, but umpires said they saw lightning again and the game was postponed along with the nightcap game.