Rain prevented Aaron Judge from spending his birthday at the ballpark.
Saturday afternoon’s game between the Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays in the Bronx was postponed due to inclement weather in the forecast and will now be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sunday.
The makeup game is expected to start 30 minutes after Sunday’s previously scheduled game, which is set to begin at 1:35 p.m. EDT.
Tickets for Saturday’s game will not be valid for Sunday’s doubleheader, the Yankees said. Instead, tickets for Saturday’s game can be exchanged — online only — for a similar regular season game.
Max Fried (4-0, 1.42 ERA) had been scheduled to start for the Yankees on Saturday, while Kevin Gausman (2-2, 3.16 ERA) was set to pitch for Toronto. Sunday’s pitching matchup, meanwhile, pitted Clarke Schmidt (0-1, 7.45 ERA) against Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt (2-1, 1.88 ERA).
Fried will start the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader and Schmidt will start the second.
Judge turned 33 on Saturday. He has batted .333 with two home runs in six games on his birthday.
The reigning American League MVP entered Saturday leading MLB hitters with a .408 average, a .508 on-base percentage, a .714 slugging percentage and a 1.222 OPS.
The Yankees lost Friday night’s series opener against the Blue Jays, 4-2, after closer Devin Williams blew his first save and fell to 0-2 with a 11.25 ERA this season.
This is the first series of the year between the AL East rivals.
