The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies have to wait one more day before the 2022 World Series restarts. Game 3 of the Fall Classic was postponed due to rain, MLB announced Monday night, about an hour before the first pitch. Played on Tuesday instead, he will be postponed for the rest of the series by a day. There will still be travel breaks between Game 5 on Thursday and Game 6 on Friday if needed.
Here is the updated 2022 World Series schedule:
- Monday, October 31: delayed
- Tuesday, November 1: Game 3 Philadelphia 8:03 PM ET
- Wednesday, November 2nd: Game 4 Philadelphia 8:03 PM ET
- Thursday, November 3rd: Game 5 Philadelphia 8:03 PM ET
- Friday, November 4th: Off day
- November 5th (Sat): Game 6 in Houston 8:03 PM (if needed)
- November 6th (Sun): Game 7 (if required) at 8:03 PM ET in Houston
Monday’s postponement is the first Fall Classic since Game 6 of the 2011 World Series.
Light rain will begin at Citizens Bank Park around 6 PM ET, pick up around 9 PM ET and continue through early Tuesday morning. Current conditions suggest the Astros and Phillies can start Game 3 as scheduled, but heavy rain later in the evening could force a pause and disrupt the game. MLB makes all weather-related decisions in the postseason, and the league prefers to play his nine innings uninterrupted whenever possible.
Here’s the hourly forecast for Monday night from CBS News Philadelphia:
CBS News Philadelphia
Phillies lefty Ranger Suarez (10-7, 3.65 ERA) and Lance McCullers Jr. (4-2, 2.27 ERA) will be the starting pitchers when the World Series resumes on Tuesday.
Coincidentally, Philadelphia was the site of MLB’s most infamous World Series weather conundrum. Game 5 of the 2008 World Series was suspended in the sixth inning due to rain. The Rays tied the game 2-2 in the previous half innings while the club played in a downpour. Then-commissioner Bud Selig then declared that all World Series games had to be 9 innings for him.
When asked by the Associated Press about the possibility of rain-shortening the World Series, Selig said, “I was never going to let that happen.” , it would have been postponed by the rain until weather conditions allowed it to continue, and it would be 24 or 48 hours, who knows?”
Game 5 continued the next day, with the Phillies winning their first World Series championship since 1980 thanks to Pedro Feliz’s seventh-inning RBI single.
