Rockies Vs. Phillies Game Three Postponed Due to Snow

The Phillies and Rockies game three has been postponed due to snow. With the Game 3 postponement, that means that Saturday's game will be moved back to Sunday night. The new game time for Game three of this NLDS series is going to be 7:07 P.M. PST on Sunday night, but that will only happen if the weather outlook turns out to be better. It didn't look like baseball weather in Denver, as the temperatures dipped to 18 degrees. The problem with suspending the Saturday night game means that the complete strategy of the series may need to be altered for both teams.

The Phillies-Rockies playoff series has so far been a split, with Philadelphia winning game 1 by a score of 5-1, and Colorado pulling out the game 2 victory by a score of 5-4. Both of those games took place in Philadelphia, and the teams had moved on to Colorado to play the next two games in Denver. The schedule was supposed to have game 3 on Saturday, and game 4 on Sunday, giving the possibility of a game 5 on next Tuesday in Philadelphia if it is needed. Now everything will get mashed together with game 3 on Sunday, and game 4 pushed back to Monday night.

The expected starting pitchers for the game were to be Jason Hammel for the host Colorado Rockies, and Pedro Martinez for the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. Now the managers may be able to re-think which pitcher takes the mound, but it could also change their approaches to game 4 and game 5. The problem all stems from the bad weather that the Colorado area has been having, and when the temperatures dipped below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it certainly seemed like Major League baseball might have to take some action. Its great weather for football, but not so conducive to playing baseball. The league stepped in, and now Colorado and Philadelphia have an extra day off to enjoy some room service.

Colorado came into the playoffs as the 2009 National League wild card winner, and Philadelphia won the National League East. Philadelphia is also the defending World Series champions, and are trying to become the first team to repeat in a few years. The weather could have come in to play, and it still might if things don't clear up in the Colorado area between now and when game 3 is supposed to get started on Sunday. It's turning into a very interesting series either way, and throwing in some inclement weather just means this could be anyone's series to win. The winner of this series will play in the NLCS starting later next week.

Source: Postponement Announced