CHICAGO – So much for that proactive game-time change to account for the weather.

The start of the opener of this week's big series between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs will be delayed by incoming storms (which had yet to arrive as of 20 minutes before the rescheduled game time).

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Anticipating tonight's forecast, the Cubs pushed up the original start time 30 minutes, to 7:10 p.m. ET.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Reds vs. Cubs Monday night game in rain delay at Wrigley Field