Tonight’s game postponed, Yankees and Blue Jays will play single-admission doubleheader Saturday

For the first time this season, the Yankees have been rained out. It only took 138 games. Tonight’s series opener against the Blue Jays has been postponed and will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader Saturday. They played a single-admission doubleheader against the Pirates last year, which was the first at Yankee Stadium since 2004.

Saturday’s doubleheader will begin at 1:05pm ET, with the second game starting approximately 30 minutes after the end of the first. It’s supposed to rain Saturday night, hence the single-admission doubleheader. They want to get the second game over quickly. Only tickets for Saturday’s regularly scheduled game will be valid for the doubleheader. Tickets for tonight’s game can be exchanged. Here’s the rainout policy. Also, tonight’s scheduled Babe Ruth bobblehead will be given away at a date to be determined next season. Bummer.

Anyway, Erik Boland says the Yankees will start Luis Severino on Friday, Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda in a yet to be determined order on Saturday, and Masahiro Tanaka on Sunday. The Blue Jays will start David Price on Friday, says Shi Davidi. Marco Estrada and Marcos Stroman will start the doubleheader in that order, then R.A. Dickey will go on Sunday.

The doubleheader could complicate the bullpen situation this weekend, specifically the availability of Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller. Would Joe Girardi use both in each end of the doubleheader? I guess that depends on their workload in Game One. What about pitching them all three days? The doubleheader creates a bit of a headache. At least Dellin gets another day to rest given his recent workload.

The good news is rosters are expanded and the Yankees have a 13-man bullpen, so there are plenty of relievers available to soak up innings. The doubleheader won’t wreck the bullpen for a few days like they tend to do in the middle of the season. Hopefully the starters all throw shutouts and the bullpen is a non-issue.

According to the Yankees, they have never gone a full season without a rainout. They came pretty close this season. Just three weeks shy. The team’s biggest series since 2012 will have to wait one more day.