Yankees-Orioles weather forecast: Game delayed. When is first pitch? (UPDATED)

Updated: 2:55 p.m.

Well, this is something:

Updated 2:05 p.m.

It’s still raining — a lot.

No word yet on a start time.

Updated: 12:18 p.m.

The 1:05 p.m. start has been delayed, a Yankees spokesman said.

No word yet on a new official start time.

We’ll update you here as soon as we know.

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Updated 11:39 a.m.

Now the NWS is calling for rain to stop around 3 p.m. — which is good news.

Here’s the updated forecast:

Today

Showers, mainly before 3pm. Temperature falling to around 50 by 5pm. Southwest wind 13 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. West wind 15 to 17 mph.

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NEW YORK — If Sunday’s Yankees–Orioles game gets played, expect it to look ugly.

That was the weather at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, with the tarp covering the field early and lots of rain in the forecast.

We’ll keep updating the forecast and the start of the game — if it gets pushed back — here.

Here’s the forecast, via the National Weather Service:

Today

Showers, mainly before 5pm. Temperature falling to around 51 by 5pm. Southwest wind 13 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. Northwest wind 15 to 17 mph.

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The New York Yankees lost to the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Below, read the Yankees’ press release on CC Sabathia’s latest charity effort:

To celebrate his 19th and final season, CC Sabathia will host 52 youth from local Boys & Girls Clubs at Yankee games in each American Leaguecity this season, as well as one National League series. Groups will be invited to the first game of the last away series with all American League opponents, as well as at Oracle Park in San Francisco on April 26th, as a nod to Sabathia’s Bay Area roots.Growing up in Vallejo, Calif., the Boys & Girls Club offered Sabathia a safe place to go after school.

The Club also provided him the opportunity to attend his first Major League Baseball game and to meet his hero, Oakland A’s pitcher Dave Stewart. To show his gratitude to the organization and mentor children much like his former self, Sabathia and his wife Amber partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, hosting a myriad of events throughout his career, such as holiday parties, baseball clinics and career panels.

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