Winter storm wipes out Mets-Rockies

The opener of the Colorado Rockies’ three-game series against the New York Mets was postponed Friday, 6 1/2 hours before the scheduled first pitch, with a winter storm warning in effect for the Denver area. The forecast called for 3 to 5 inches of snow at Coors Field.

The teams are scheduled to make it up in a split doubleheader on to at 1:10 p.m. and 6:40 p.m. MDT. But more snow was in the forecast for Saturday morning before it was expected to clear, with a low of 34 degrees in the evening