ALCS Game 4 between Astros, Yanks delayed by threat of rain

By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — With the Houston Astros one win from reaching the World Series again, Game 4 of the AL Championship Series against the New York Yankees was delayed because of the threat of rain. Major League Baseball said it was targeting an 8:30 p.m. first pitch Sunday night. Earlier, the commissioner’s office announced the impending delay on Twitter an hour before the scheduled 7:07 p.m. start and said it was possible the game could get postponed until Monday. Lance McCullers Jr. was set to pitch for the Astros, looking for a four-game sweep. Houston is 6-0 this postseason and closing in on its second consecutive American League pennant and fourth in six years.