KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas
City Royals' game against the Cleveland Indians was delayed in the top
of the seventh inning when roughly half the lights at Kauffman Stadium
went out shortly after midnight.
The start of Wednesday night's game
had already been delayed by 2 hours, 37 minutes by a stubborn rain cloud
that refused to budge from over the top of the stadium, even though there
were blue skies not more than a mile away from the ballpark.
The Royals had just rallied to take a
5-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth when the Indians came to bat. Mark
Reynolds struck out to start the seventh and Ryan Raburn was at the
plate when about half of the lights around the ballpark suddenly went
dark.
Plate umpire Kerwin Danley halted the
game, and Royals officials explained that a computer glitch caused the
lights to automatically turn off when the clock struck midnight. The
lights had to cool before they could be turned back on.
The game eventually resumed after a delay of 12 minutes.
