BOSTON -- Due to persistent rain in the Boston area, Saturday’s Red Sox-Cardinals game was postponed and will be played as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sunday.
Fans with tickets to Saturday’s game can use them for Game 1, at 1:35 p.m. ET/12:35 p.m. CT. The nightcap will go on as scheduled on Sunday Night Baseball at 7:10 p.m. ET/6:10 p.m. CT.
The Red Sox downed the Cardinals in a 13-9 slugfest in Friday’s home opener.
The clubs had a delay of two hours and eight minutes before the decision was made to postpone Saturday’s contest.
Lefty Sean Newcomb, originally scheduled to pitch the Sunday night finale, will now pitch Game 1 for the Red Sox. Boston listed TBD for Game 2.
Righty Richard Fitts was in line to start on Saturday before the postponement.
For Newcomb, a Massachusetts native who grew up cheering for all the Boston sports teams, this will be his first start at Fenway in a home uniform.
Right-handed pitcher Andre Pallante gave the rain-soaked fans at Fenway a brief tease on Saturday night when he emerged from the dugout and headed out to the outfield to get in a throwing session. However, he was simply just getting in his work before making his second start of the season on Sunday.
Pallante is scheduled to pitch Sunday’s first game. In his first start of the season, he beat the Twins by holding them to four hits and two earned runs over five innings of work. The reliever-turned-starter allowed three earned runs or less in 15 of his 20 starts in 2024.
Veteran right-hander Miles Mikolas will pitch the second game. Mikolas beat the Red Sox at Fenway on May 14, 2023, in a Sunday Night Baseball game on ESPN, limiting them to four hits and one earned run over six innings as the Cardinals won 9-1.