Tigers fans sing and dance in the rain during fun win vs Cardinals

A strange drama played out in Comerica Park on Saturday, April 4, as the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals , 11-6, in a game that ended in a Tigers' win – with two outs left in the bottom of the ninth. As the Tigers tried to hold onto a huge lead and finish this game, a nasty storm was barreling towards Detroit.

It was one eye on the radar – an ugly, ominous blob of blue, purple and yellow was marching across Michigan and heading toward Comerica Park, which is never good when trying to play baseball. And the other eye on the field. The rain finally arrived in the eighth inning.

Fans pulled out rain gear and others scrambled for cover, as Tyler Holton pitched in relief for the Tigers, holding onto a 9-6 lead, getting a double play and flyout. Tigers fans embraced the moment, literally singing in the rain before the bottom of the eighth. Then, Matt Vierling mocked Mother Nature by hitting a two-run homer, shooting a ball through sheets of rain over the right-field wall.

But that light rain turned into a nasty, driving rainstorm and huge puddles were forming on the infield, as relief pitcher Kenly Jansen tried to finish it for the Tigers. But the game was put into a rain delay with one out in the bottom of the ninth – the Tigers two outs from the win – and the tarp was pulled onto the field. Not long after, the rain stopped, of course.