NASHVILLE: Back come the Governors, and the rain, too

By Chris Lee - June 02, 2007

The fourth inning is two-thirds done, and Austin Peay has nine hits and nine runs and men on second and third.

And with second baseman J.B. Gilbert at the plate, a thunderous clap of thunder was heard, and the home plate umpire sent everyone to the dugout before a drop fell.

And two seconds later, the bottom literally dropped out of the sky, as a torrent of large raindrops descended upon Hawkins Field, and it's been pouring now for three or four minutes.

They've covered the home plate and mound areas, and now a group of 23 people are dragging a large tarp over the infield, though it's really too late is it appears there are already small areas of standing water near third.

And just in the time since the game's been called, there have been two huge lightning strikes nearby.

In other words, we won't be playing baseball here in Nashville soon.

Austin Peay 9, Memphis 3, and the rainstorm, which is now so bad that you can barely see the center field wall, is intensifying with a wind that's blowing ripples in the tarp as it suddenly looks like a small hurricane, and what looks like a TV camera cover is blown flush against the backstop net.