UPDATE: Yankees, Cardinals weather: Will rain delay Saturday’s game in St. Louis? (8/16/25)

UPDATE 5 p.m. (CT): It has stopped raining and the tarp is off the field. Batting practice was canceled, but it’s looking like the game will start on time.

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ST. LOUIS — The infield at Busch Stadium was covered early Saturday afternoon due to a scheduled rain shower that indeed started up around 2:30 Central Time with some thunder.

According to weather.com, the rain should be gone long before the 6:15 p.m., CT (7:15 p.m. ET) scheduled start of Saturday night’s Yankees -Cardinals’ game.

Here is weather.com’s forecast as of Saturday at 2:55 p.m., CT:

4 p.m.: Thunderstorms, 90 percent.

5 p.m.: Thunderstorms, 62 percent.

6 p.m.: Partly cloudy.

7 p.m.: Partly cloudy.

8 p.m.: Partly cloudy.

9 p.m.: Mostly clear.

10 p.m.: Partly cloudy.

11 p.m.: Partly cloudy.

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