It was a tale of two bad innings and two rain delays at The Pipe Yard Monday night.

After allowing 13 runs in just two innings on Sunday night, the Ironmen’s magnet to bad innings happened again, as Chillicothe scored eight runs in two innings, after the first rain delay, and lead the game 11-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning as thunder delayed the game again in the bottom of the eighth inning with two Ironmen on base with one out.

Moments later, the game was called, giving the Paints the win.

The game was tied at 2 when the rain came down heavily, halting the game in the Ironmen’s bottom half of the fourth inning with two outs. After a rainbow graced The Pipe Yard, the grounds crew got the field back in shape to continue after a one hour and three minute delay.

Starting pitcher Eric Knight, who was pitching in his last outing for the team, couldn’t seem to shake the rain-delay rust off. After having to sit nearly an hour and 20 minutes, he allowed a leadoff double to Onstott to start the fifth inning. He was able to spin around and pick him off while leading off second, but then allowed back-to-back singles to Boss and Brandon White, before walking Jeff Holm to load the bases. Zach Stewart then made him pay by blasting a grand slam home run over the right field fence to unknot the score and make it 6-2.

Down 2-0, the Ironmen tied the game in the bottom of the third inning when Nate Antone ripped a two-run single by the shortstop to score Mike Grieco and Will Hodges, who hit back-to-back singles.

After shuting the Paints down the first two innings, Knight gave up three straight hits equaling two runs in the third inning. Payton Bieker singled, Jeff Onstott doubled, before Torsten Boss singled to drive them both home to give Chillicothe a 2-0 lead. He then pitched a scoreless fourth before the rain came down in the bottom half of the inning.

The Ironmen added a run in the fifth inning when Stephen Hagen hit an RBI double to score Evan Melendez, who singled to lead off. The Ironmen left men on second and third in the sixth inning and first and second in the seventh to squander scoring opportunities.