The game between Detroit and the visiting Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night was suspended after four innings due to rain, with the Tigers leading 4-0. The contest will be resumed at 1:10 p.m. ET on Thursday. The regularly scheduled Thursday game will begin approximately 40 minutes after the conclusion of the suspended game.

The rain came down steadily throughout the fourth inning, forcing umpires to call for a delay. It was the first time in MLB history a regular season game had been suspended due to weather.

Detroit starter Tarik Skubal was well on his way to victory with two hits allowed, a walk, and eight strikeouts through four innings before the rain began falling. The Tigers bullpen had to come in, but Skubal will still pick up the win if the game is completed.

The Tigers jumped out to an early lead when Miguel Cabrera blasted his fourth homer of the season and 511th of his career off Royals rookie right-hander Jonathan Bowlan in the second inning. The 40-year-old, retiring at the end of the season, drove a 93-mph fastball over the wall in right-center field. It was his third homer of the season at Comerica Park, and it tied him with Mel Ott for 25th place in Tigers history. It was also his 378th homer for Detroit, tying him with Norm Cash for second place in team history behind Al Kaline.

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In the sixth, the Tigers added to their lead when Tyler Nevin smashed a low-and-in fastball for a three-run home run. Nevin had gone hitless in his last seven games but showed no signs of rust as he swung hard at a pair of changeups and a splitter.

KC responded in the seventh with a flurry of hard-hit balls. Franchy Cordero doubled, and Whit Merrifield singled, sandwiched around a Brett Phillips walk. Then Ryan O’Hearn ripped a 96-mph fastball over the center field fence for a tying home run, and the first of three Royals runs.

The rain continued to fall, but the game remained limbo until it was finally called at the top of the ninth inning. The Tigers’ ninth straight victory left KC with a franchise-record 15th consecutive loss.

Royals catcher Jorge Bonifacio walked in the bottom of the fifth and was replaced by SS Tyler Collins. Then Collins was hit by a Detroit right-hander Daniel Norris pitch, and manager Mike Matheny pulled him for Foster Griffin. Griffin struck out one in his NL debut and appeared sharper than Montgomery had.