The New York Yankees and Washington Nationals’ games on Wednesday were canceled due to the weather in Washington, so two games, one the completion of the suspended game tied at 3-3 and the final game of the two game series. The games will be made up on June 18.
On to Kansas City for the Yankees—looking ahead at Friday’s pitching matchup, CC Sabathia (2-0, 2.23 ERA) will go up against RHP Jakob Junis (4-3, 3.53 ERA) for the Royals.
Junis made his Major League debut in April of ’17 and Sean Thornton of Royals Review wrote that over the last two months of the 2017 season, Junis was the Royals’ most reliable pitcher, “becoming the ‘go to’ guy when the Royals needed to end a losing streak.