Groundskeepers around Major League Baseball took note Tuesday night as a sinkhole on the field was not enough to cancel the game, just batting practice.

The Associated Press reported that the Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians game started on time despite a sinkhole behind the pitcher's mound of the Arlington, TX. ballpark.

Batting practice was cancelled so the maintenance crew could fix the hole. The team dug more than three feet into the ground to repair a broken pipe normally used when watering the field.

Three hours prior to the game, the players came out to take batting practice, a routine pre-game practice, but were sent right back to the clubhouse when the sinkhole was discovered. The pipe was repaired and grass on the field was replaced one hour before the game began.

The Indians, who had started the season strong, had lost eight straight games and 16 of their last 20 coming in to the game. The cold spell had manager Terry Francona and his team desperate for a break. After a reference to the baseball movie Bull Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Francona denied any shenanigans.

"I didn't do it," Francona said with a chuckle. "We're not there yet. We're frustrated, but we're not there. I heard there was some turmoil out there. People were running."

Francona may want to figure out a way to simulate the thoughts and feelings his team went through that night, or maybe he should just have his hitters skip batting practice more often, because the Indians won 5-2.

Sinkholes are not to be taken lightly. In March, a golfer named Mark Mihal approached one thinking it did not look unstable. He fell right through.

Mihal told the AP he went to look closely at the hole on the Annbriar Golf Course near Waterloo and did not sense any danger.

"I was just freefalling," he said. "It felt like forever, but it was just a second or two, and I didn't know what I was going to hit. And all I saw was darkness."

One of Mihal's friends jumped in with a rope tied around him and pulled him out. Mihal said he was grateful to not have sustained any serious injuries.

"I felt fortunate I didn't break both legs, or worse," he said.

WATCH maintenance workers repair the sinkhole. via MLB Network.