NEW YORK — Rain has postponed Tuesday night's Twins-Yankees game.
Twins-Yankees game postponed because of rain; doubleheader Wednesday
St. Paul native Louie Varland is expected to make his major-league debut for the Twins at Yankee Stadium.
September 6, 2022 at 8:07PM
Because of a forecast of sustained inclement weather, the Yankees made the call to postpone early in the afternoon. The teams will play a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, with the first game at 2:05 p.m. Central time.
St. Paul native Louie Varland will make his major-league debut for the Twins in Game 1 Wednesday. The righthander went to North St. Paul High School and Concordia-St. Paul and was the organization's minor league pitcher of the year in 2021.
A 15th round pick in 2019, Varland pitched in 2021 for Class A Fort Myers and Cedar Rapids. This season, he was 7-4 at Class AA Wichita before being promoted to St. Paul, where he was 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA.
Tuesday's scheduled matchup was Joe Ryan for the Twins and Gerrit Cole for the Yankees, who won Monday's opener of the four-game series 5-2. Both pitchers are 10-7 this season, and they'll face each other in Game 2 Wednesday.
Domingo German will face Varland in Game 1.
New York leads the American League East, while the second-place Twins are a game behind AL Central-leading Cleveland.
Robust competition is likely for righthander Roki Sasaki, whose agent suggests a “smaller, midmarket” team might be a good route to take, but the Los Angeles Dodgers are said to be the favorites to land him.
