The rain in the Bronx did what the Yankees have not managed this weekend, which is stop the Dodgers.

Saturday's game at Yankee Stadium was postponed because of rain and rescheduled as the first half of a doubleheader on Sunday. The first game starts at 12:35 p.m. Eastern, which is 9:35 a.m. in Los Angeles, and the regularly scheduled series finale follows at 7:20 p.m. Eastern, or 4:20 p.m. here.

It is a split-admission doubleheader, meaning the two games are ticketed separately rather than sold as one.

Where the teams stand

The Dodgers come into Sunday at 62-36, the best record in baseball. That is the number that frames everything else about this team's summer: the rotation has held, the lineup has been deep enough to survive the usual attrition, and the National League West has not offered much resistance.

The Yankees are 54-43, a respectable record that conceals a rougher recent stretch. They have gone 18-20 without Aaron Judge, which is roughly what happens to a team built around one enormous bat when that bat is unavailable. Judge's absence is the shadow over New York's second half, and it has lengthened this week.

What a doubleheader actually costs

Two games in a day is a pitching problem before it is anything else. It compresses a bullpen that both clubs would rather ration through July, and it usually means someone who was not expected to throw meaningful innings ends up throwing them.

For a team in the Dodgers' position, the arithmetic is manageable. A club with a large division lead can afford to lose a game to preserve arms, and Dave Roberts has generally been willing to take that trade. For the Yankees, chasing in a tighter picture and short their best hitter, the same day is more expensive.

The starters for the two games had not been confirmed at the time of writing, and rather than guess at them we will leave that to the teams' announcements.

Watching from here

The early start is the thing worth flagging for anyone in Los Angeles planning around it. First pitch at 9:35 a.m. Pacific is a genuinely unusual hour for Dodgers baseball, early enough that a good number of people who intend to watch it will not.

The second game, at 4:20 p.m. Pacific, sits in a more familiar slot, though it competes for attention on a Sunday when the World Cup final kicks off at noon here. It is a crowded afternoon for a city with a lot of teams to follow.