CLEVELAND, Ohio — Sunday’s scheduled 3:10 p.m. game between the Guardians and Astros will not begin on time. Cleveland announced at 2:30 p.m. that the game is in a rain delay and that the two clubs would revisit a potential start time within an hour.

Maybe he wouldn’t have. But it was determined that it was best to cancel Sunday afternoon’s Game 162 between the Astros and the Guardians to make sure that all players on both rosters would stay healthy for the postseason.

The regular-season finale between the Guardians and Houston Astros was canceled Sunday after a lengthy delay, preventing Cleveland third baseman José Ramírez from a shot at hitting his 40th home run and joining the exclusive 40-40 club.