Giants-Mets postponed due to weather, set for doubleheader Tuesday

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets postponed their game against the San Francisco Giants scheduled for Monday night due to forecasted rain and rescheduled it as part of a doubleheader Tuesday.

The Mets announced the postponement about three hours before first pitch Monday, with 1-2 inches of rain expected starting around 7 p.m.

The teams will play two nine-inning games Tuesday beginning at 3:10 p.m., with the second game to begin approximately 30-40 minutes after the end of the first.

Giants right-hander Alex Cobb (1-0, 3.60 ERA) was slated to face Mets righty Tylor Megill (2-0, 0.00) on Monday, and then San Francisco ace Logan Webb and New York star Max Scherzer were set to pitch Tuesday. Neither team immediately announced its updated pitching plans.

With both teams off to strong starts, the Giants (7-2) and Mets (7-3) are scheduled for a four-game series this week. It's San Francisco's only planned visit to New York this season.

Major League Baseball used seven-inning doubleheaders in 2020 and ’21 amid schedule complications brought on by the coronavirus pandemic but did away with them for this season.

There was only one doubleheader on the original schedule, but the revised schedule after the lockout included 30 additonal twinbills.

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