The Chicago Cubs faced the San Francisco Giants Tuesday night in an important game — the Giants have solid playoff chances, the Cubs, not so much — but Mother Nature conspired against them.

Mother Nature and the ineptitude of Wrigley Field's staff.

This is not how you cover an infield with a tarp, Cubs pic.twitter.com/ODZeKr4wQo

— Ann Frazier (@annfrazi) August 20, 2014

The Cubs had prepared for the weather, with about a billion bags of Diamond Dry.

ALL OF THE DIAMOND DRY (Getty photo) #cubs pic.twitter.com/44UctueWvC

— Amanda Kaschube (@amandakaschube) August 20, 2014

They also employed a leaf blower...

This is new for my baseball rain delay experiences: a LEAF BLOWER to try and try the field (cc @jnmcrms @Adam_Jacobi) pic.twitter.com/C11xnpz7hj

— Alex Simon (@alexsimon99) August 20, 2014

...and one dedicated man with a rake.

#OneManOneRake pic.twitter.com/HmDBAGqpSD

— SF Giants on CSN (@CSNGiants) August 20, 2014

Image via YouTube

But the grounds crew's tarp failure was the main event.

Image via YouTube

One fan went so far as to set the whole debacle to "Yackety Sax" in a video posted to YouTube Tuesday night.

The consolation for Chicago fans: The game was eventually called in the Cubs' favor.

The umpires have called this an official game, with the #Cubs prevailing 2-0 in the middle of the 5th.

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 20, 2014

(H/T: SB Nation)

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