Saturday’s game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and host New York Yankees was postponed because of heavy rain.
The game was postponed approximately 4 1/2 hours before the scheduled 1:05 ET first pitch. The contest will be made up on Monday at 1:05 p.m. ET, with the Diamondbacks shifting their originally scheduled road game against the Chicago White Sox on that day to Thursday at 2:10 p.m.
The Yankees opened the series with a 7-1 win on Friday.
Aaron Judge hit three homers for the second time this season, becoming the first Yankee with multiple three-homer games in the same season.
Arizona (81-73) entered Saturday with a one-game lead over the Chicago Cubs for the second of three National League wild-card spots. The Diamondbacks had won five straight games before allowing Judge’s three homers.
Attempting to avoid their first losing season since going 76-86 in 1992 in manager Buck Showalter’s first season, the Yankees (78-76) are two games over .500 and close to officially being eliminated from the playoff race.
Zach Davies was expected to start for the Diamondbacks. Carlos Rodon was scheduled to pitch for the Yankees.
It was New York’s first home rainout this season. The Yankees’ only home postponement was June 7 when poor air quality from Canadian wildfires postponed a game against the White Sox.
–Field Level Media
