CINCINNATI -- St. Louis starter Austin Gomber couldn't do much but stand on the mound and wait as he gazed at the flickering lights and listened to the echo of an emergency alarm sounding across Great American Ball Park on Tuesday evening.
The Cardinals pitcher -- making his first Major League start -- took a no-hitter to the bottom of the seventh inning. As he warmed up to begin the seventh, a fire alarm began to blare. The noise coupled with the flashing lights caused a stoppage in play and delayed the game by just over seven minutes as the Cincinnati Fire Department rushed to turn the alarm off.