Stunning footage shows flooded Dodger Stadium under water after Hurricane Hilary hits Los Angeles

Dan Treacy

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MLB decided Friday to move the Dodgers' Sunday matchup with the Marlins up to Saturday, and that's looking like a shrewd choice.

Hurricane Hilary not only made baseball unplayable on Sunday, but it made Dodger Stadium totally unreachable.

Aerial photos showed the area surrounding the ballpark in Chavez Ravine completely submerged, a stunning sight in an area that rarely gets enough rain to affect games.

Video footage from Los Angeles Dodgers Aerial Photography shows the scope of the flooding, which effectively turned Dodger Stadium into an island.

There have been only 17 postponements in the history of Dodger Stadium, most coming in April, but the arrival of Hilary -- the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in California since 1939 -- forced the league to shift schedules for the Dodgers, Angels, and Padres.

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Crews have plenty of time to get the stadium and surrounding areas into shape before the Dodgers' next homestand. The team was already heading east for the week, with scheduled series in Cleveland and Boston before returning home for a series against the Diamondbacks that starts Aug. 28.

The Angels, in nearby Anaheim, have a much quicker turnaround, as they were set to start a home series against the Reds on Monday night. Monday's game was postponed and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Wednesday.

The Dodgers haven't made any announcements regarding whether anything inside the stadium flooded, but they indicated on social media that all seems to be alright as of Monday morning.

Downtown Los Angeles, an area that isn't accustomed to as much rain as most other major cities, saw 2.3 inches of rain fall during Hurricane Hilary, according to NBC Los Angeles.

Dan Treacy

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Dan Treacy is a content producer for Sporting News, joining in 2022 after graduating from Boston University. He founded @allsportsnews on Instagram in 2012 and has written for Lineups and Yardbarker.