MLB postponed Monday's scheduled World Series Game 3 between the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies due to rain in Philadelphia. Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the move. Tied at 1-1, the series' first game at Citizens Bank Park will have to wait. Game 3 will now be played on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET.
The rest of the series will also shift back a day in its entirety. So a planned off day for travel on Thursday will turn into an off day on Friday. Here's how the schedule will look now:: Game 4, Astros at Phillies, 8 p.m.: Game 6*, Phillies at Astros - 8 p.m.When Game 3 does happen on Tuesday, the Astros are set to start Lance McCullers Jr., while the Phillies will send Noah Syndergaard to the mound. With an extra day of rest wedged in,.
waited 2 1/2 hours past the scheduled game time to postpone ALDS Game 5 between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians . The league is undoubtedly taking pains to avoid the scenario that played out in Philadelphia in 2008, when Game 5 had to be suspended midway through and picked up two nights later.
That 2008 game eventually resulted in the Phillies clinching a championship, but MLB drew criticism for allowing the game to begin at all in inclement weather.
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