Players Blame Taylor Swift for Power Outage During Dodgers-Nationals Game

Friday's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals had to be suspended when the lights at Nationals Park kept going out.

And Taylor Swift may be to blame.

With the All-Star break taking place this week, the Nationals had not played a home game since July 7. You would think the stadium would be ready to go after more than a week without a game, but that wasn't the case.

Lights along the third-base line went out three times between the fourth and sixth innings. The lighting issues caused delays of 82 minutes and 40 minutes, with the third outage being the last straw. The game was suspended until Saturday afternoon.

Although there weren't any games in the stadium for more than a week, Nationals Park wasn't empty during the break. Swift's "1989 World Tour" featured two concerts at the stadium earlier this week.

Los Angeles outfielder Joc Pederson and Washington pitcher Max Scherzer both believe Swift is to blame for the lighting issues:

"

@taylorswift13 your concert used up all the electricity in DC..thanks for helping start the 2nd half with a bang

— Joc Pederson (@yungjoc650) July 18, 2015"

Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper took his share of the blame:

Here's what the Nationals said was the cause:

It looks like Ms. Swift is off the hook.

[MLB.com, Twitter]