SF Giants’ Cactus League split-squad games rained out

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants were slated to play a pair of split-squad games Wednesday but both fell victim to the soggiest day yet of an abnormally wet and chilly Arizona spring.

With a steady stream of rain forecasted to continue throughout the day, the Giants’ home game against the Chicago White Sox and their road contest at the Diamondbacks, only a few miles away, were both canceled. It being spring training, neither exhibition will be rescheduled.

The biggest concern for the Giants was getting their players their scheduled work without a game to play.

Alex Wood was set to make his third start of the spring at Scottsdale Stadium, while Sean Hjelle was their scheduled starter at Salt River Fields in what would have been his fourth appearance this spring.

At about 11 a.m., manager Gabe Kapler said they were still working through contingency plans but wasn’t concerned. Both pitchers should be able to continue to build up their workload in side sessions. After pitching into the third in his last outing, Wood would have likely been slated for four innings, while something similar was likely in store for Hjelle, who went three innings in each of his last two outings.

The Giants (7-11) have 10 more games left on their Cactus League schedule, plus their home-and-home exhibitions with the A’s, before they open the season at Yankee Stadium on March 30.