The start of Tuesday night's game at Chase Field between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks was delayed after bees swarmed the top of the protective netting directly behind home plate.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts met with the umpires shortly after the delay began and the public address announcer told the crowd about the delay.
A grounds crew member wheeled out a scissor lift after about 20 minutes, then waited for a beekeeper to arrive as fans in the sections behind home plate were cleared out for safety. The beekeeper, Matt Hilton, arrived about 70 minutes after the scheduled first pitch and pumped up the already-cheering crowd as he rode in on a cart from right field. The beekeeper suited up then rose up toward the swarm, causing more cheers.
Beekeeper Matt Hilton sprays a swarm of bees atop the backstop netting at Chase Field that forced a nearly 90-minute delay to the start of Tuesday night's Dodgers-Diamondbacks game. With another quick wave to pump up the crowd, he stunned the bees with spray and started sucking them up with a shop vac, hitting the last few stranglers with more spray before heading down. The crowd cheered again and the beekeeper pumped his fist as he lowered back onto the field.
The delay lasted nearly 90 minutes and the players were given 30 minutes to loosen back up before first pitch. The Diamondbacks switched starting pitchers after the delay, fromBee swarms are common during the spring in Arizona and have caused numerous spring training delays through the years. A
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