Rain delays at Wrigley Field are nothing new, but it’s not every day there are two stoppages in play – especially so close together.

With 1 out in the bottom of the 2nd inning, the skies opened up and the grounds crew rushed to roll out the tarp.

After a 39-minute delay, the two teams came back on the field to resume play…only for another hard bout of rain to hit the corner of Clark and Addison.

Only 3 outs transpired between the rain delays over the span of a few minutes. The second delay lasted just 16 minutes before play resumed again – this time without another stoppage.

At the end of it all, the Cubs were left without their starting pitcher (Justin Steele) but the bullpen banded together to claim an important 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays.

“We’re also looking at Justin’s health, and just didn’t think that putting him back out there after two delays was good both now and the rest of the season and in the future,” Craig Counsell said. “So that’s essentially the decision, and very comfortable with it. Every situation is a little different, but that was the right thing to do today.”

[WATCH: Highlights of the Cubs’ 3-2 victory over Blue Jays]

Steele only threw 36 pitches but he said he didn’t fight to stay in the game, leaving the decision up to Counsell and the Cubs coaches.

“Yeah, it was weird,” Steele said. “First delay, I was just down in the cage, throwing into the net, trying to stay loose and doing what I can. Didn’t know quite how long it would be. And then went out in the outfield, tried to play catch, started warming up again for that next inning.

“And then that other delay ended up happening and it was just being precautionary. Hopefully going forward, maybe go on 4 days rest just so I can get the starts and innings and whatnot. It was just one of those weird things where the weather was dictating what was happening.”

Nate Pearson – whom the Cubs acquired from Toronto last month – relieved Steele after the second delay and worked out of a jam to toss 2 shutout innings.

Next up was Tyson Miller, followed by Julian Merryweather, Drew Smyly, Porter Hodge and Jorge López.

Smyly allowed a run – on a bunt base hit by Toronto center fielder Daulton Varsho in the 7th inning. Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya helped limit the rally by throwing out George Springer trying to steal third base and Hodge induced a flyout to end the threat.

López was also touched up for a run when he allowed a solo homer to the leadoff batter in the 9th. But he ultimately held on for his 1st save as a Cub and his 3rd of the season – as the rain started to come down again at Wrigley Field.

“They did a hell of a job today and they’ve been on great run, especially here lately,” Steele said of the Cubs bullpen. ‘Days like today where the weather is what it is, for them to come in and cover so many innings and do it as well as they did, I just tip my cap to them.

“They’ve been doing a hell of a job down there. I feel like, not just me, but everyone in the locker room is kind of expecting that, building that confidence. It’s awesome to see and just want to keep building on it.”

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The Cubs scored on the first pitch of the bottom of the 1st inning when Ian Happ sent the ball into the right-center bleachers.

Michael Busch later added a 2-run triple in the 5th inning to provide some much-needed cushion.

The win was an important boost for a club that was swept in a 3-game series in Cleveland earlier in the week.

The Cubs have now won their other 3 series in August and are 10-5 in their last 15 games.

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