PHILADELPHIA - Fall Classic? More like the Rainfall Classic.

The threat of bad weather kept the World Series on hold Tuesday, leaving the Tampa Bay Rays stuck at a hotel in Delaware and the Philadelphia Phillies still close to a possible championship.

Sooner or later, the suspended Game 5 will resume in the bottom of the sixth inning with the score 2-all and someone will win this thing.

Just not yet. Besides, the baseball commissioner went home to Milwaukee.

They'll try again Wednesday night at 8:37 p.m. with the Phillies leading three games to one in the best-ofseven matchup. Oh, the wind chill is expected to drop into the mid-20s, at least snow showers will be out of the forecast.

Already an odd Series, it'll get more weird whenever it starts up again, Phils ace Cole Hamels is set to lead off against Grant Balfour, and there's a chance both will be out of the game before the first pitch.

"It's kind of like overtime in a sense, I guess," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "Or sudden victory."

The Phillies had hoped to wrap up their first title since 1980 on Monday night. But a steady downpour turned Citizens Bank Park into a quagmire, washing away the foul lines and turning home plate into a puddle.

It took a few innings before baseball decided it was time to call out the tarp and cover the field.