The White Sox-Braves game scheduled for Thursday night was washed out by rain, and the teams will make it up Aug. 20 at 1:10 p.m. on a mutual day off. Anthony Kay, who had been set to start, has been moved to Friday in the opener of a three-game series against the Dodgers.
The postponement landed after the White Sox had already finished off the series, beating Atlanta 6-5 in 10 innings Tuesday and 2-1 on Wednesday. That left the rained-out game with a different feel than most makeup dates: the result no longer mattered to the series, even though the rain still changed the schedule.
Kay enters the new assignment with a 5-1 record and a 4.40 ERA, and the shift keeps him lined up for the start against Los Angeles. The White Sox also remain in first place in the American League Central, a half-game ahead of the idle Guardians, so the club leaves Atlanta with the lead intact and a game still to be added to the calendar.
The only unresolved piece is whether the weather delay will trigger anything else beyond that one change. For now, the White Sox know where the lost game goes and where Kay goes next: Aug. 20 at 1:10 p.m. for the makeup, then Friday against the Dodgers.
