Cincinnati Reds reliever Lucas Sims held up a wet baseball and tossed it out of play. Given another, he discarded it, as well, then did the same with a third. The umpiring crew had chosen not to stop play; the Reds essentially refused to continue.
The decision for play to go on turned out to be a big one for the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park. With the rain intensifying in the eighth inning, the Diamondbacks’ offense went to work, seemingly taking advantage of the situation presented to it.
When the eighth inning began, the Diamondbacks trailed by a run.