When a pitcher is lights out, it's a good thing. Not so much when it happens to a stadium.
After the lights at Nationals Park went out for a third time Friday night, the umpires decided enough was enough and suspended the game between the Dodgers and Nationals until 2:05 p.m. ET Saturday. Play will resume in the top of the sixth with the Nationals leading 3-2.
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The game was first delayed in the bottom of the fourth inning when a bank of lights near the third-base line went out. Play resumed after an 82-minute delay, but just nine minutes later the same lights went out.
Play resumed again in the bottom of the fifth, but shortly after Yunel Escobar gave the Nats a 3-2 lead with a two-run homer, the lights went out again. Despite being an official game, play was just suspended, not called off, because the lights are a mechanical issue at the responsibility of the home team.
Players from both teams took the interruption in stride, but also named a scapegoat.
Well who was the last one to use Nationals Park last? Taylor Swift.. I blame her for the power outs tonight. We now have #BadBlood
— Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) July 18, 2015
@taylorswift13 your concert used up all the electricity in DC..thanks for helping start the 2nd half with a bang
— Joc Pederson (@yungjoc650) July 18, 2015
UPDATE, 7/18/15 at 10:12 a.m. ET: Turns out Taylor Swift had nothing to do with the power outage. The Nationals released a statement on Saturday morning explaining what happened. Only electricians and fans of anti-climax will find it interesting.
The Washington Nationals have issued the following statement about Friday night's game vs. the #Dodgers: pic.twitter.com/NxPvEM3S5Q
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) July 18, 2015