Pettitte, Hamels, rain on deck for Game 3

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies resume their deadlocked Word Series Saturday with left-handers on the mound and rain in the forecast.

Starting time for Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is 7:57 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Andy Pettitte, whose 16 post-season wins are tops in major league history, will start for the Yankees. Cole Hamels, the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 series, starts for defending champion Philadelphia.

The weather forecast calls for a 60 percent chance of rain, with temperatures in the lower 50s and winds 10 to 15 mph.

Left-hander Cliff Lee got the win in the Phillies' 6-1 victory in Game 1. A.J. Burnett, another lefty, was the winner in New York's 3-1 Game 2 win. Both contests were at Yankee Stadium.

Chase Utley slugged two home runs for Philadelphia in the first game and Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui homered for New York in the second. Each homer was a solo shot.

Sluggers Ryan Howard of Philadelphia and Alex Rodriguez of New York were a combined 2-for-17 in the first two games, with both hits by Howard. In Game 2, Howard struck out four times and Rodriguez three.

The Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays in five games last season for just their second World Series title. The Yankees have won the series 26 times, more championships than any franchise in American major professional sports.