Playoff tickets on sale Friday

Internet, phone orders only

9/17/2003

Tickets for the first two Division Series games that could be played at Fenway Park will go on sale at 6 p.m. Friday, exclusively via telephone and the Internet.

Approximately 9,000 tickets per game will be available by calling (617) 482-4SOX or going on www.redsox.com. Tickets will not be available at Fenway Park.

If the Red Sox are the wild-card team, they would host Game 3 and, if necessary, Game 4 of the Division Series Saturday, Oct. 4, and Sunday, Oct. 5. If they win the AL East, they would host Game 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30, and Game 2 Thursday, Oct. 2.

Ticket prices, established by Major League Baseball, are $70 for box seats, $45 for grandstand, and $20 for bleachers and standing room. There will be a $6 transaction fee for each ticket and a $14 handling charge for each order. Fans may purchase up to four tickets. Tickets for Green Monster seats will not be offered Friday.