NEW YORK — Star Aaron Judge was scratched from the New York Yankees’ starting lineup Sunday from the rain-delayed regular-season finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates,
and first baseman Ben Rice was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a day after Anthony Rizzo got hurt.
Judge was in the original starting lineup playing center field but was replaced by Trent Grisham about the time New York said the game would not start as scheduled at 3:05 p.m. ET. The field likely will be soggy when play does start.
Judge got his third game off Friday, a day after the AL East title was clinched, then returned Saturday and went 0-for-5, tying his career high with five strikeouts. He is hitting .322 and leads the major leagues with 58 homers and 144 RBIs.
Rizzo fractured the fourth and fifth fingers of his right hand when hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh’s Ryan Borucki in the seventh inning of a 9-4 loss to the Pirates on Saturday. It was the 22nd time Rizzo was hit by a pitch.
New York has not placed Rizzo on the injured list.
Rich played 48 games at first base and initially was called up after Rizzo fractured his right forearm in a collision at first base with Boston reliever Brennan Bernadino on June 16.
