The Yankees were unintentionally idle yesterday, as the storms opened up in New York and eventually nixed their evening matchup with the Red Sox. They’ll play their 1:35pm ET today as expected and then have a doubleheaders scheduled for August 29th. The other big news of the night was that catcher Austin Wells went on the IL with painful-sounding cervical headaches. J.C. Escarra had been demoted late on Friday night after the loss to Boston with Ali Sánchez coming up to take his spot, but Escarra is now already back due to Wells’ injury. Ya got all that?

Here’s what else was going on around the Junior Circuit on Saturday.

Tampa Bay Rays (37-24) 3, Miami Marlins (30-35) 4

The pitching matchup on Saturday firmly favored the Rays with dangerous southpaw Shane McClanahan set to face what Joe Girardi liked to call Johnny Wholestaff (a bullpen game from Miami). That’s a tough proposition for anyone, and the Fish have a decidedly mediocre ’pen. But as a guy with a great voice once said, “You can’t predict baseball, Suzyn.”

McClanahan held up his end of the bargain through four, allowing only two baserunners. But opener Lake Bachar and first man up Anthony Bender were evidently just as tough, if not better. The Rays didn’t get a man on until Richie Palacios reached on a throwing error by Javier Sanoja to start the fifth. Bender struck out Ben Williamson, left the game, and John King made the situation more dicey by plunking Cedric Mullins. He made the pitch he needed to against Taylor Walls though, inducing a double-play ball to end the inning.

Sanoja was put in the perfect position to atone leading off the home half of the fifth, and he did so with a ringing first hit of the ballgame for either side. It was just his second homer of 2026, but the Fish were up 1-0.

McClanahan compounded issues by walking the speedy Esteury Ruiz, and the 2023 AL stolen base leader promptly swiped second, moving to third on an error. That was more than enough for rookie Joe Mack to put a great swing on an Uncle Charlie form McClanahan, doubling in Ruiz to double the Miami lead at 2-0.

Back on the mound, the Marlins continued to breeze past the Rays, even as new reliever Calvin Faucher allowed Tampa Bay’s first hit of the day, a clean single by Victor Mesa Jr. to start the sixth. Faucher fanned Nick Fortes and then worked around a knock by Yandy Díaz to strike out Jonathan Aranda as well before Junior Caminero grounded out to end the inning. Perhaps bolstered by the escape, Miami tacked on two more off McClanahan in the seventh, as Sanoja capped a run of three-straight singles with an RBI hit, and Liam Hicks lifted a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to make it 4-0, Fish.

The Rays wouldn’t dent home plate until Faucher was gone from the game. They made it hairy for Michael Peterson and their old friend Pete Fairbanks, as Yandy doubled off Peterson to score Mesa in the eighth, and Fairbanks nearly gave away the ballgame while trying to close it. A Williamson walk and a bunt single by Walls brought the tying run to the plate. Mesa’s groundout was a temporary reprieve; Fairbanks uncorked a wild pitch to bring Williamson home, issued a free pass to an ailing Chandler Simpson, surrendered an RBI single to Yandy, and walked Aranda to load the bases in a one-run game.

After 39 pitches, Marlins manager Clayton McCullough had seen enough and called on Tyler Zuber (another former Ray, albeit briefly) to finally slam the door. The righty stared down the tough Caminero and won the battle, jumping ahead 0-2 on a well-placed sweeper and heater, getting a couple fouls on the former, and then getting Caminero to chase a high fastball for the 27th out.

Zuber’s first career save helped the Yankees gain a half-game on the Rays. They’re now one back as we head into play on Sunday.

Toronto Blue Jays (31-34) 6, Baltimore Orioles (31-34) 4: The Battle of the .500-ish Birds went back to a stalemate on Saturday following Baltimore’s 13-3 triumph the day before. Toronto rode a four-run third off Kyle Bradish to a win at home, with Ernie Clement cracking the decisive blow on a three-run shot. Like Miami, Toronto got the victory with a bullpen game, though Spencer Miles, Jeff Hoffman, and Mason Fluharty all got touched for long balls (Pete Alonso for a two-run host). The one-two punch of Tyler Rogers and Louie Varland sent the O’s packing. They’re both eight back of the Rays, seven games behnd the Yankees, and tied for a half-game behind the Rangers’ last Wild Card spot.

Seattle Mariners (34-31) 4, Detroit Tigers (26-39) 0: The Tigers’ four-game winning streak is over, as they were blanked by their ALDS conquerers in a two-hit shutout. They can’t afford many more losses before their Tarik Skubal sell/keep decision is made for them; they’re tied with the Angels for the second-worst record in the AL. Bryce Miller dominated through six, striking out nine and lowering his season ERA to 1.33 in 27 innings (an oblique strain delayed the start of his 2026 until mid-May). DH Dominic Canzone brought the pop to support his starter, doubling to the center-field wall to get Seattle on the board in the second against Keider Montero, then taking the righty 451 feet in the fourth. Randy Arozarena plated two on a double in the third for Seattle’s other two runs. The M’s lead the AL West by three games over the Rangers.

Cleveland Guardians (37-29) 6, Texas Rangers (31-33) 0: Speaking of those Rangers, they had no answer for Tanner Bibee on Saturday. The 27-year-old righty rolled over them in eight shutout innings, yielding just three hits and two walks. He was quite efficient, with few K’s but only 87 pitches through eight. José Ramírez got the scoring started for Cleveland in the fourth with a solo shot off Jack Leiter, and another from Brayan Rocchio in the fifth kicked off a four-run frame.