CHICAGO – Major League Baseball wasn’t willing to take any risks with Mother Nature on Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field.

The White Sox’s crucial series finale against the Detroit Tigers was postponed after about a one-hour delay because of rain, which was not expected to stop until at least 12:30 a.m. The game will be made up at 1:10 p.m. Monday. Although the Sox lose the opportunity to start ace Chris Sale against Detroit, they keep a one-game division lead over the Tigers. Sale will pitch today at Minnesota.

“Obviously, I wanted to get back out there and face these guys one last time,” Sale said. “Time before that didn’t go too well, so I wanted to get back out there and get us where we needed to go. There’s not much you can do in this situation. I’ll get ready and head out to Minnesota.”