Giants Protest Of Rain Shortened Loss At Wrigley Upheld By Mlb
San Francisco’s protest of the umpires’ decision to call the rain-delayed game after 4 1/2 innings was upheld Wednesday. The game will resume at 5:05 p.m. ET Thursday. The contest will be picked up with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Cubs leading, 2-0. The teams’ regularly scheduled night game will follow. The umpiring crew called the game at 2:16 a.m. ET Wednesday after a 4 1/2-hour delay which was caused by the Cubs grounds crew’s inability to cover the field properly during a brief downpour....