What a Rain Delay Does to a September Game: The Brewers-Reds Case
Rain delayed the Brewers-Reds start by 50 minutes, but the game still produced a full nine innings and a five-run fifth that decided the night. This article walks through the delay, the result, and what it meant for the NL Central race.
Rain Before the First Pitch
Heavy rain rolled through Great American Ball Park about 30 minutes before the Reds and Brewers were scheduled to start. The Reds announced a delay. First pitch came at 6 p.m., officially 50 minutes after the original time, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Yahoo Sports logged the stoppage as a weather delay at the ballpark.
The storm moved through, and the game went on. Because the delay happened before a pitch was thrown, the game did not become a suspended or shortened contest. The teams waited, the field was cleared, and the full nine innings were played.
A Game That Waited, Then Turned
The wait did not lead to a quiet game. Milwaukee beat Cincinnati 10-7, according to MLB.com, with the decisive damage coming in a five-run fifth inning. Cooper Pratt's hit proved to be the difference, the Journal Sentinel reported.
The win lifted first-place Milwaukee to 88-54 and maintained the Brewers' eight-game lead over the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central.
Why the Delay Mattered
A weather-delayed start in September does not erase the game from the schedule. It pushes back the first pitch, but the outcome still counts exactly the same in the standings. For the Brewers, the night came down to one inning of offense. The rain only made the finish wait. The result still arrived in full.