The Yankees’ rain-soaked game against the Rays on Saturday was postponed because of a washout over Memorial Day weekend and will be made up Tuesday, Sept. 22, as the first game of a split-admission doubleheader at 1:05 p.m.
Tickets for Saturday’s game will be valid for Game 1, and fans who cannot make the new date can exchange paid tickets for admission to a similar regular-season game at Yankee Stadium, subject to availability under the team’s rain-check policy.
The postponement adds another date to a season series the Yankees have not been able to solve. They have lost all four meetings with Tampa Bay this year, including the first three at Tropicana Field and Friday night’s game in The Bronx. The Rays have used that run to build a 5 1/2-game lead in the AL East, a gap that makes every missed chance against a division rival feel heavier than a routine rainout.
Sunday’s game at Yankee Stadium was still scheduled, although the forecast was not good. That leaves the teams with one more chance this weekend to play a game that has already carried more weight than the calendar suggests, and a chance for the Yankees to avoid going deeper into a season series that has tilted sharply toward Tampa Bay.
For the Yankees, the makeup date in late September now sits alongside a bigger problem: they have not been able to stop the Rays when it has mattered most. The postponement does not change that record, but it does give both clubs one more game later in the season, when the standings may matter even more than they do today.
