Yankees, Dodgers postponed due to heavy rain

The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees was postponed due to heavy rain on Saturday and the teams will play a split doubleheader a day later.

Rain was projected throughout the New York area, and the game was postponed roughly three hours before the 8:08 EDT first pitch. It is the second time this season the Yankees had a Saturday night FOX game postponed due to rain after being postponed June 6 against Boston.

The first game will start at 12:35 EDT followed by the second game which will air on NBC/Peacock at 7:20 EDT.

The teams share a mutual off-day on Thursday, but the Dodgers are slated to visit the White House and will be honored for their second straight World Series title before returning to New York to face the Mets.

Ryan Weathers was scheduled to pitch for the Yankees and oppose Emmet Sheahan. Both players are likely to pitch Sunday while Cam Schlittler and Yoshinobu Yammamoto were slated to pitch for Sunday night's contest.

Los Angeles opened the series with a 2-1 victory when Max Muncy hit a go-ahead two-run homer off Gerrit Cole in the seventh inning and Roki Sasaki touched triple digits several times in 5 2/3 innings.

The Yankees are 13-16 in their past 29 games. They will play the first of three doubleheaders over their final 65 games as they also play a doubleheader against Boston Aug. 29 and two games against Tampa Bay on Sept. 22.