Chicago ? No fighting in this one. Just a lot of rain.

One night after a benches-clearing brawl led to five ejections, the Royals and White Sox were tied at 2 when Friday’s game was suspended by rain heading into the ninth inning.

Managers Robin Ventura of the White Sox and Ned Yost of the Royals huddled with the umpires after the eighth, and then crew chief Tim Welke waved the players off the field.

The game was suspended after a 40-minute delay. It will be resumed on Saturday at 1:10 CT with the Royals batting in the top of the ninth. Saturday’s originally scheduled game will begin when the suspended contest is over.

The first-pitch temperature was 44 degrees, and there were periods of rain throughout the night, intensifying in the sixth inning. Kansas City’s infielders shielded themselves in the dugout during two pitching changes in the sixth.

The grounds crew worked on the field after every half-inning, but the rain never let up and the field was becoming unplayable when it was called.

Former White Sox farmhand Paulo Orlando had three hits for the Royals, who are 12-4 on the season.