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The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies will have to wait one more day to resume the 2022 World Series. Game 3 of the Fall Classic has been postponed due to rain, MLB announced Monday evening about an hour earlier of the first release. Instead, it will be played on Tuesday, and the rest of the series will be delayed by a day. There will still be one day off to travel between Game 5 on Thursday and, if necessary, Game 6 on Friday.
Here is the updated 2022 World Series schedule:
- Monday, October 31: Postponed
- Tuesday, November 1: Game 3 at 8:03 PM ET at Philadelphia
- Wednesday, November 2: Game 4 at 8:03 PM ET at Philadelphia
- Thursday, November 3: Game 5 at 8:03 PM ET at Philadelphia
- Fri., November 4: Day off
- Saturday, November 5: Game 6 at 8:03 PM ET at Houston (if necessary)
- Sunday, November 6: Game 7 at 8:03 PM ET at Houston (if necessary)
Monday’s postponement is the first in the Fall Classic since Game 6 of the 2011 World Series.
Light rain began falling at Citizens Bank Park around 6:00 PM ET and will increase in intensity around 9:00 PM ET, continuing into Tuesday morning. Current conditions suggest the Astros and Phillies could start Game 3 as planned, but once the rain picks up later in the night, they’ll have to take a break and the game will likely be suspended. MLB makes all weather-related decisions in the postseason, and the league prefers to play nine uninterrupted innings whenever possible.
Here’s the hourly forecast for Monday night via CBS News Philadelphia:
Rain is in the forecast overnight for Game 3. CBS News Philadelphia
When the World Series finally resumes on Tuesday, Phillies lefty Ranger Suarez (10-7, 3.65 ERA) and Lance McCullers Jr. (4-2, 2.27 ERA) are slated to be the starting pitchers.
Coincidentally, Philadelphia was the site of the MLB World Series’ most famous weather dilemma. Game 5 of the 2008 World Series was suspended due to rain in the sixth inning. The Rays tied the game 2-2 in the previous half as the clubs played in a downpour. Afterwards, then-commissioner Bud Selig declared that all World Series games must be nine complete innings.
“I wasn’t going to allow that to happen,” Selig told the Associated Press when asked about the possibility of a rain-shortened World Series. “I have to use my judgment. The game would have been on a rain delay until the weather conditions allowed us to continue. And that could have been 24 hours or 48 hours or who knows?”
Game 5 continued the next day and the Phillies clinched their first World Series championship since 1980 thanks to Pedro Feliz’ RBI single in the seventh inning.