Diamondbacks, Pirates games goes into rain delay before 12th inning

May 31, 2017, 2:09 PM | Updated: 3:56 pm

Arizona Sports

The law of averages is scientifically proven.

After the Diamondbacks put together a two-hour, 10-minute outing Tuesday behind Robbie Ray’s first career shutout, the Wednesday matchup against the Pittsburgh Pirates was bound to go long.

The 9:35 a.m. MST start hit a rough patch in the ninth when dark clouds appeared on the horizon. Including an hour-and-a-half rain delay, the game finally came to an end with a 6-5 D-backs victory at 3:52 p.m. MST, making it a six-plus hour outing overall.

Arizona led 4-3 in the ninth before closer Fernando Rodney got into trouble and allowed a game-tying run to force extra innings.

Even as rain began pouring, the game wore on.

Do not adjust your sets. It's a bad storm. pic.twitter.com/tdS0fofagp

— FOX Sports Arizona (@FOXSPORTSAZ) May 31, 2017

It appeared close to over when, after D-backs shortstop Nick Ahmed blasted a solo home run with two outs in the top of the 11th, Arizona loaded the bases. But Andrew McCutchen caught a deep fly by Paul Goldschmidt to end the frame with the Diamondbacks up just 5-4.

Turns out, that was important because Pittsburgh’s Jordy Mercer hit a two-out home run off D-backs reliever J.J. Hoover in the bottom of the inning to tie it, 5-5.

The tarp came out shortly after the 11th ended, and viewers were not pleased.

Welp. pic.twitter.com/n8F6HslHyj

— FOX Sports Arizona (@FOXSPORTSAZ) May 31, 2017

With no baseball to report on, writers at the game had little to report upon.

The baseball is free, and so is the rain delay.

— Adam Berry (@adamdberry) May 31, 2017

I'm told "it's going to be a while" so that sounds a bit ominous. https://t.co/ni2IVJ3p1J

— Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) May 31, 2017

More great weather-related reporting from Steve. He's the best at this stuff, folks. https://t.co/kZ3SpkGDtN

— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) May 31, 2017

Meanwhile, team accounts had to tweet … something not about baseball.