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The Rangers and Astros are taking their weather-challenged series out of Texas entirely.

A source confirmed Monday that the clubs will play a three-game series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, starting Tuesday. The Associated Press, also citing unnamed sources, reported the same information

The series had been scheduled for Houston's Minute Maid Park, but Houston is overwhelmed dealing with Tropical Storm Harvey.

The games will be held at 6:10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 12:10 p.m. Thursday.

In addition MLB and its players association have pledget $1 million to hurricane relief aid.

Official: Games moved to TB (6:10, 6:10, 12:10); MLB & MLBPA to donate $1 million to Hurricane relief aid. — Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) August 28, 2017

Tampa, because of its combination of a weather-proof dome and relative proximity, was considered the best alternative. The Rays are out of town all week. It allows Houston to use the series as its home for a scheduled weekend series against the New York Mets, as well.

Of course, for many folks the most "logical" answer would simply be to have the Rangers and Astros trade home series with the Rangers hosting this week and giving up their series September 25-27 to Houston. It is never as easy as it looks.

To do so would have imposed difficult circumstances on the Rangers, as well. They have tickets sold for those three dates already and it would be hard to ask ticket holders to simply change their schedules by three weeks. Also, it would create a two-week road trip for the Rangers, who still believe they are in playoff contention, over their final 16 games of the season.

If the Astros-Rangers series were to move to Arlington this week, Houston would have been the "home" team and the Rangers would not be forced to give up their own previously-scheduled home dates.

While the Rangers won't have a 12-game road trip in late September, the storm creates an 18-game road trip for Houston. The Astros were just in Anaheim for three days, will play the next six in St. Petersburg and then begin a nine-game West Coast road trip. They will not return to Houston until Sept. 14.

Both teams flew from California to Dallas on Sunday night to await further plans. In addition to all the other stresses involved, there is this to take into consideration: Many Houston players have immediate family in the flooded areas and their minds are likely to be focused on putting the games off, if possible, in order to get home and tend to loved ones. It is not a minimal consideration.

More on the Rangers-Astros series move

Why the home-and-home series swap for the Rangers and Astros wasn't so simple

Houston columnist: Rangers made 'shameful and classless move' by refusing to play Astros series in Arlington

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