NEW YORK — The scheduled game between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees has been postponed by rain.

The announcement was made on a wet Thursday morning in New York City about five hours before the teams were supposed to play the finale of a four-game series. The local forecast called for inclement weather much of the day.

Instead, the game will be made up Sept. 25 at Yankee Stadium at the start of New York’s final regular-season homestand. The Royals will go from a weekend series against the White Sox in Chicago to New York for the make-up game, then to Kansas City for the start of its regular-season-ending homestand.

Right-hander Miguel Almonte had been slated to get his first major league start for the Royals. He made nine relief appearances two years ago.

Struggling ace Masahiro Tanaka had been lined up to start for New York.

— Associated Press —