Braves-Mets rained out; no makeup date announced

May 28, 2021; New York City, New York, USA; A basic view of Citifield with the tarp on the sector previous to the sport between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports activitiesThe recreation between the host New York Mets and Atlanta Braves was postponed Friday attributable to inclement climate.No makeup date was announced. Mets supervisor Luis Rojas informed reporters that the groups will look so as to add a doubleheader to a four-game collection July 26-29 as a makeup for Friday.With wet climate forecast for the East Coast via the weekend, it may not be the one Braves-Mets recreation impacted over the weekend.“We’ve simply received to get able to play a recreation tomorrow,” Rojas mentioned. “These are essential video games. All video games are vital, however you’re going through your division rivals. You’ve received to organize. These are the groups you see probably the most, so it’s a relentless battle. For me, it’s one hundred pc proper now till they inform us we will’t play.”Friday marks the tenth Mets’ recreation postponed this season. Seven have been attributable to climate (six full postponements and one early-game climate suspension in a recreation in opposition to the Marlins) and three have been attributable to an opponent, the Washington Nationals, having an early-season spate of constructive COVID-19 assessments.The National League East rivals are scheduled to play on nationwide TV for the remainder of their collection: Saturday night time at 7:15 p.m. ET on Fox adopted by “Sunday Night Baseball” on ESPN.Rojas mentioned the Mets plan to begin Taijuan Walker on Saturday, however they’d require a corresponding transfer to activate Walker off the 10-day injured record. Walker final pitched May 17 in opposition to Atlanta and left after three innings attributable to left facet tightness.New York would pitch both Jacob deGrom or David Peterson on Sunday, Rojas mentioned.–Field Level Media