Heavy rain delays Game 3

Saturday’s Phillies-Rays game was not over in time for this edition.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carlos Ruiz hit a tiebreaking home run in the second inning, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 2-1 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday in a World Series Game 3 that started following a 91-minute rain delay and became a late-night affair.

With the Series tied at a game apiece, Chase Utley’s RBI grounder in the first inning for the Phillies was offset by Gabe Gross’ sacrifice fly in the second. Ruiz then homered off Matt Garza in the third, his first since Sept. 16.

Philadelphia’s 45-year-old Jamie Moyer, the oldest player to appear in the World Series in nearly eight decades, began the game at 10:06 p.m. with a strike to Tampa Bay’s Akinori Iwamura before a towel-waving sellout crowd at Citizens Bank Park.

In the top of the first, fans taunted Rays rookie star Evan Longoria with chants of “Eva!” a reference to the actress with the same last name. Longoria then struck out, ending the inning with a runner on first.

The game had been scheduled to start at 8:35 p.m., but heavy rain was still falling at 9:20 p.m., when the grounds crew removed the tarp.

Moyer walked across the field to the bullpen a few minutes later. Pregame ceremonies were cut short, and Major League Baseball said there will be full introductions before tonight’s Game 4.

When the Series last was in Philadelphia, in 1993, Game 3 against Toronto began after a 72-minute rain delay.

Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Jack Quinn was the only player older than Moyer in a Series game. Quinn started in 1929 at age 46 and relieved in the Series a year later.

The teams split the first two games in Tampa Bay, with the Phillies winning the opener 3-2 and the Rays taking the second game 4-2.