After a 2-hour, 55-minute weather delay, the White Sox and Royals picked up play in the bottom of the fifth inning shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday, with Bossard, Miller and other officials earlier believing there was a break in the rain coming around that time. Instead, an earlier steady rain turned into a downpour just after play resumed, and the teams only competed for a few more minutes. In that time frame, the White Sox tied the game 1-1.
The White Sox had runners on base with two outs in the bottom of the fifth when play was halted again, and the game was suspended around 6:45 p.m. It will be picked back up at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday before the originally scheduled game takes place later in the evening.
Had one of the teams had the lead with the other squad having batted five times, the game could've been called final. The tie meant it had to be continued later.
"We're looking at the computer, and I got the Doppler and we saw where we had about a half-hour break," Bossard said. "However, in that break, what didn't show up was a little red thing that all of a sudden appeared. (Miller) wanted to get that last out to get the fifth inning in. We don't want to play a doubleheader the next day or in September -- we're trying to get away from that. It didn't work out. He made the right call and all of a sudden, this red appeared and it just opened up overhead."
Bossard and his 24-man grounds crew worked on Guaranteed Rate Field until about 10:15 p.m. Monday.
"I've had trying times, but I've got to admit, last night, that was No. 1 on the list," Bossard said in reference to how big the puddles on the field were. "But once again, the crew chief made the right call. It just so happened a red cell just came out of nowhere. It's just part of the business."