PHILADELPHIA—Carlos Ruiz took a full cut and doinked a dribbler about 30 feet up the third-base line, just far enough to drive in the winning run.

“You couldn’t place a ball better than that. Lucky swing, perfect bounce,” lamented Tampa Bay’s Ben Zobrist.

That’s how Game 3 of the World Series ended early Sunday—at 12:47 a.m.

Citizens Bank Park was still packed. Anyone else around the country who missed it, you’re not alone.

After a 91-minute rain delay and nine innings of back-and-forth baseball, Ruiz and the Philadelphia Phillies outlasted the s...

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