February 5, 200422 yr The commissioner's office finalized plans for the Florida Marlins and Houston Astros to play exhibition games in Mexico City on March 13-14. It will be the second straight season games will be played at Estadio Foro Sol, more than 7,200 feet above sea level. Last year, the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers combined for 57 runs, 74 hits and 14 homers during two games in the thin air. New York won 16-11 in 11 innings and Los Angeles won 20-10. To make room for the series in Mexico City, Marlins games were canceled against St. Louis on March 13, Boston on March 14 and Montreal on March 15, and a game was added against Los Angeles at Vero Beach, Fla., on March 18. Baltimore's game against Houston in Kissimmee on March 14 was canceled. The Orioles will play the Mets at Port St. Lucie on March 14 and host the Minnesota Twins the following day, when they had been scheduled to host the Mets. New York instead will play Los Angeles in Vero Beach. The Red Sox will host an Orioles' split squad in Fort Myers on March 14. In addition, Boston's game against Cleveland at Winter Haven was moved from March 15 to March 18. The Mets' split-squad game against Montreal on March 13 was replaced by a split-squad game against St. Louis in Port St. Lucie. The Astros said they don't know yet if they will send a split squad to play a Detroit split squad on March 13 in Lakeland.
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