Rasner will start against Blue Jays

With the New York Yankees' starting rotation affected by this weekend's schedule, Darrell Rasner will receive another start next week when the Yankees travel to Toronto to face the Blue Jays.

The Yankees and Blue Jays will play on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and it's likely that Rasner will start either Monday or Tuesday.

New York was supposed to begin a four-game series with the Boston Red Sox on Friday, but Friday's game was rained out. The two teams will play a doubleheader today and a doubleheader on Sunday.

Chien-Ming Wang and Randy Johnson will start today and Jaret Wright and Mike Mussina will start on Sunday.

Cory Lidle, who has struggled in his last two starts and has a sore index finger on his pitching hand, will also be skipped in the rotation, which means Rasner and Jeff Karstens will receive starts against Toronto.

Both Rasner and Karstens pitched on Thursday against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and it's likely either Rasner or Karstens will have to start on Monday on three days rest. The Yankees have yet to decide which pitcher will throw on shorter rest.

Rasner pitched four shutout innings to pick up the win in the Yankees' 7-4 win over the Devil Rays on Thursday. In three appearances with New York this season, Rasner is 2-0 and has allowed just one run in 11.2 innings for a 0.77 earned run average.