The Orioles-Nationals game was suspended due to a malfunction of the ground crew’s tarps
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Update time : 2020-08-11 10:32:00
The Orioles and the Nationals will have to complete their Sunday matchup later this week, because as the rain flooded the infield of the Nationals Park, the Nats’ ground personnel were unable to quickly push the tarp onto the court.
On Sunday afternoon, video footage of video crews defeating battles on tangled tarps flew around the Internet.
Even if the rain stopped and the sun came out, the crew still could not recover the soaked infield.
According to MLB.com, national starter Stephen Strasburg told reporters: “I don’t know if you call this a rain delay.” “I think it’s more like a delay.”
In turn, this forced the referee to suspend the game at the time of the delay: At the top of the sixth inning, the Orioles led 5-2. Major League Baseball Rule 7.02(a)(3) requires the suspension of the game in the event of “the use of machinery or field equipment or equipment under the control of the cue stick fails or the operator makes an accidental error”. , Tarpaulin or other water removal equipment). ”
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said on the MLB.com website: “I don’t know the mechanical part of the rules. Now I know. I have never participated in a game like this.”
