ST. LOUIS _ The Cardinals' game on Friday night vs. the Reds has been postponed because of rain.
With a doubleheader already scheduled for Saturday, the teams will have to play a doubleheader on Sunday as well.
It will be day-night doubleheaders on both days. On Saturday, the games will be at 12:15 and 6:15. On Sunday, they will be 12:05 (pushed up from 1:15) and 6:05. It's going to be a busy three days for both teams, with back-to-back doubleheaders and then both teams playing a day game on Monday for Labor Day. The Cardinals will start five games in a span of 49 hours.
Fans with tickets for Friday night's game should use them for the second game on Sunday. Gates for that game will open at 4:35 p.m.
Dakota Hudson, who was supposed to throw on Friday night, will pitch Game 1 on Saturday and Michael Wacha, who was supposed to throw the first game, will now throw the second. Miles Mikolas will start the first game on Sunday and Daniel Ponce de Leon, who was supposed to throw the second game on Saturday, will now throw the second game on Sunday.
For the Reds, it will be Trevor Bauer, Friday's scheduled starter, in Game 1 and Sonny Gray in Game 2. The Reds pitching for Sunday is still TBD. Tyler Mahle was scheduled to throw the first game on Saturday and Luis Castillo was supposed to pitch Sunday.
The teams were already allowed to activate a 26th player for Saturday. Sunday is Sept. 1, so the roster limit is off on that day and the teams can have players galore.
The last time the Cardinals had back-to-back doubleheaders at Busch as in 1994, when they played four games vs. the Braves on July 21 and 22. The last time they did it overall was on Aug. 20 and 21 of 1998 at the New York Mets. The Cardinals played back-to-back doubleheaders at Busch on July 7 and July 8 of 1987. The Cardinals went 4-0 in those games against the Dodgers.
