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Game 2 of the 2016 World Series between the Cubs and Indians is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Cleveland's Progressive Field. That the start time was moved up an hour was the first sign that the weather forecast might not be cooperating with the schedule. Indeed, there's a strong chance of rain leading up to Game 2 and then again about two to three hours in. Consider everything to be quite sketchy when it comes to getting Game 2 in.

All of this, of course, raises the matter of what happens if the Cubs and Indians aren't able to complete Game 2. The simple answer is that everything counts toward the final score no matter how early the game gets banged, and the game will be played to completion. Now here's the brief history of the current rule from MLB ...

Until 2008, postseason games did not have disparate rules from the regular season regarding suspended games.

Game 5 of the 2008 World Series, which saw the Rays face the Phillies, was the first suspended game in World Series history. The game was halted with the score tied in the bottom of the sixth inning after the Rays had tied the game in the top of the frame.

Then-Commissioner Bud Selig later decreed that the game would have been suspended even if the Rays had not tied it, regardless of what the rulebook stated. The next month, Major League Baseball instituted a rule stating that no postseason games nor any games with significance to the postseason -- such as All-Star Games and tiebreaker games for division titles or Wild Cards -- could be shortened due to weather. All games in those instances are suspended and completed at a later date from the point of termination, even if they are not yet regulation games.

So we may not get the full nine innings (or 10 or 11 or 12 ... ) on Wednesday night, but the game will be played in its entirety. Thursday is of course a scheduled travel day, as the scene shifts to Wrigley Field in Chicago. So there's a cushion if Wednesday night's weather proves to be wholly uncooperative.