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The American League Division Series was extended another day
when the forecast of heavy rain forced a postponement of Game 5
on Monday.
After a delay of more than two hours, the game was postponed and
moved to Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. EDT when shadows at Yankee Stadium
will likely impact hitters.
The series is tied at two games apiece after the Yankees
recorded a 4-2 win Sunday in Game 4 at Cleveland. The winner
will advance to play the Astros in Game 1 of the AL Championship
Series on Wednesday in Houston.
The Yankees opened the series with a 4-1 victory on Oct. 11. The
teams had an off day Wednesday, when they worked out in the New
York sunshine, and Game 2 was postponed roughly six hours before
the scheduled first pitch on Thursday due to heavy rains.
The first rainout cost the teams the traditional travel day in
between Games 2 and 3.
On Monday, it was partly cloudy with little wind as
representatives from both teams met with MLB officials twice.
The first meeting took place after New York manager Aaron Boone
spoke pregame and before Cleveland manager Terry Francona gave
his pregame press conference. The second meeting took place
roughly an hour before the scheduled first pitch.
"Everybody was on the same page when we spoke, that as long as
we can play the game and not have it look like it's going to get
interrupted and have that force a little bit of an outcome, we'd
like to play," Francona said Monday afternoon.
Approximately 40 minutes before the scheduled first pitch, the
Yankees announced the start was being delayed by rain and the
conditions would be assessed at 7 p.m. The announcement was made
after a weather report to fans provided by local news radio
station 1010 WINS was described as "complicated."
At 6:36 p.m., the grounds crew began rolling out the tarp in
anticipation of the looming forecast. At approximately 7:15
p.m., Guardians outfielders Myles Straw and Will Brennan began
tossing a football in front of the Cleveland dugout.
At 7:27 p.m., heavy rain arrived as many fans headed to the
concourses behind seating areas.
Jameson Taillon was scheduled to pitch Monday for the Yankees
against Cleveland's Aaron Civale in what likely would have been
a bullpen game.
It is possible Game 2 starters Nestor Cortes and Shane Bieber
could return on three days' rest for the third winner-take-all
game in the ALDS between the teams, who split a pair of fifth
games in 1997 and 2017.
--Larry Fleisher, Field Level Media
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