NEW YORK (AP) — The middle game of the three-game series between the Colorado Rockies and New York Mets was postponed more than eight hours before the scheduled first pitch on Saturday, with persistent rain in the forecast this weekend.
The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Sunday, with the first game beginning at 1:40 p.m. EDT, weather permitting.
Rockies left-hander Jose Quintana (0-2, 6.23 ERA) had been scheduled to start Saturday against his former team, and Mets righty Kodai Senga (0-3, 8.83) was set to pitch on seven days’ rest.
The Rockies held off the slumping Mets 4-3 on Friday night.
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New York Mets pitcher Freddy Peralta (51) leaves during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Friday, April 24, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — On Newport's south side, historic and opulent mansions sit on an avenue with mature trees that help cool the neighborhoods, clean the air and foster wildlife. On the city's poorer North End, where some streets are dotted with subsidized housing, big trees are a lot fewer and far between.
“People in this neighborhood aren’t receiving the benefits of trees,” said Natasha Harrison, executive director of the Newport Tree Conservancy. “They need more.”
The conservancy has planted hundreds of native trees to create a healthier forest in a 30-acre city-owned park, Miantonomi Memorial Park. Fifteen volunteers met staff from the conservancy at the park in the northern part of the city on Wednesday for Earth Day.
Many native trees in the park’s forest have been crowded out by invasive plants, killed by disease or eaten by deer, rabbits and squirrels. This year, for the first time, the conservancy wanted to dig up native seedlings to nurture the trees in their nursery and replant them in the forest to better their chances of survival.
The conservancy's goal is to grow the tree canopy in the area and raise its low “tree equity score.” The score is a measure of whether there are enough trees in a neighborhood for people to experience the health, economic and climate benefits trees provide.
The conservancy's work was supposed to be aided by federal funding the U.S. Forest Service awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation, a global nonprofit dedicated to tree planting and conservation, Harrison said. As President Donald Trump's administration sought to end environmental justice initiatives, the Forest Service terminated a $75 million grant last year to the foundation, which was working to plant trees in neighborhoods that might not otherwise be able to afford them.
Harrison said the conservancy expected to receive $150,000 from the foundation. The conservancy's donors made up the difference after the cancellation, and volunteers help the nonprofit to achieve its mission.
“It was stressful, but I didn't want to let it derail us,” Harrison said.
The conservancy has been partnering with the city to plant trees throughout Newport for almost 40 years and improve the tree canopy.
At Miantonomi Park, Joe Verstandig, the conservancy's living collections manager, led the group into the forest. He pointed out the invasive species they are working against, like the groves of Aralia spinosa, commonly called devil’s walking stick, Norway maples and Japanese knotweed. He showed them how to methodically dig up the plants they wanted to save, such as the arrowwood that is common throughout Rhode Island, elderberry and American holly.
The group included friends Allie Bujakowski and Mara Swist. Bujakowski lives a mile from the park and walks her dog there. Swist lives nearby in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. They both said they wanted to get their hands dirty for Earth Day and help the conservancy, which planted a tree in Bujakowski's front yard.
“They are getting trees in spaces in the community where we really need them,” said Bujakowski, who wore a Newport mansions hat. “It makes a big difference visually. I see the trees they planted two years ago and they're bringing the birds back.”
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Volunteers walk into the woods at Miantonomi Park to collect native tree seedlings Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
A magnolia tree blooms Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Trees surround homes Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Joe Verstandig, living collections manager at the Newport Tree Conservancy, repots a native tree seedling Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Joe Verstandig, right, and Ian Delmonico, left, mix soil for native tree seedlings at a nursery Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Joe Verstandig, living collections manager at the Newport Tree Conservancy, removes excess soil from a native tree seedling Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
People walk near a mansion and a red maple tree Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
A mobile home park is visible Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Allie Bujakoski collects a native tree seedling as part of a collection effort Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
A planted tree grows in Miantonomi Park Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Sophie Colantuono, a program director at the Newport Tree Conservancy, places soil around tree seedlings as part of a collection effort Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Ian Delmonico, left, inspects newly collected native tree seedlings Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Volunteers dig up native tree seedlings as part of a collection effort Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
