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The Giants have gotten what they wanted from Major League Baseball: a chance to - seestyle - 08-09-2022 The Giants have gottenwhat they wanted from Major League Baseball: a chance to finish Tuesday's game at Wrigley Field.San Francisco's protest of the umpires' decision was upheld Wednesday. Thegame will resume at 5:05 p.m. ET Thursday.The Tim Beckham Jersey contest will be picked up with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Cubs leading, 2-0. The teams' regularly schedulednight game will follow.The umpiring crew called the game at 2:16 a.m. ET Wednesday after a 4 1/2-hour delaywhich was caused by the Cubs grounds crew's inability to cover the field properly during a brief downpour.MLB ruled that a "malfunction of a mechanical field device under the control of the home club" prevented the game from resuming. The device was the cylinder around which the tarpaulin is wrapped.Such a malfunction, MLB said,constitutes grounds for a suspended game Blank Jersey under Rule 4.12."Available video of the incident, and conversations with representatives of the Cubs, demonstrate that the Cubs' inability to deploy the tarp properly was caused by the failure to properly wrap and spool the tarp after its last use. As a result, the grounds crew was unable to properly deploy the tarp after the rain worsened. In accordance with Rule 4.12(a)(3), the game should be considered a suspended game that must be completed at a future date," MLB said in announcing its decision.Giants manager Bruce Bochy was glad to get another chance at a win Jonathan Schoop Jersey as his team fights for a playoff spot."I thought we had a strong case," Bochy told reporters."I'm just thankful and grateful that they (MLB) were open- Richard Bleier Jersey minded."They listened and they looked at it and I think it's the fair thing to do."Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer called it a "just" decision."The last thing you want is a playoff team feeling bitter about the result here," Hoyer said. "And obviously it was caused by our organization. It's a good outcome.""Hopefully we win the game. We have a 2-0 lead and pick it up from there," he said.The last time a team won a protest filed with MLB was June 16, 1986, when St. Louis played at Pittsburgh. There were two rain delays at Three Rivers Joey Rickard Jersey Stadium, and the Pirates correctly contended those didn't meet the National League's 30-minute threshold for cancellation.MLB said it talked with umpire crew chief Hunter Wendelstedt and that grounds crew worked hard to comply with his direction to get the field covered.The A sociated Pre s contributed to this report.