Yankees and Astros Face Off in ALCS Game 4: Live Updates
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Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday did not start as scheduled at 7:07 p.m. Eastern time because of rain, but Major League Baseball announced at 7:29 that it was targeting an 8:30 start for the game.
“We are working with the clubs to ensure that their pitchers have a suitable chance to warm up to hit that target,” it said in the most recent statement.
After the labor dispute between M.L.B. and the players’ union over the winter delayed the start of the season, M.L.B. tweaked the postseason. As a result, some of the traditional travel days when a series switches venues are lost. So after a travel day on Friday in between Game 2 in Houston on Thursday and Game 3 in the Bronx on Saturday, the teams were scheduled to play five games in five days if needed. The series could return to Houston on Tuesday for Game 6 if the Yankees can win two games.
The Yankees already had two games in their previous round, a best-of-five A.L. division series against the Cleveland Guardians, postponed by rain. Last Monday, the Yankees and the Guardians were supposed to play the decisive final game of the series.
But after telling fans the game’s start would be delayed and then watching the weather patterns change, M.L.B. didn’t update fans until two and a half hours after the original start time, telling them the game had been postponed. This time, M.L.B. is being more transparent.