The start of the 6:05 p.m. CT game between the Pirates and Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday night was delayed 30 minutes due to a standoff between police and an armed man in the Truman Sports Complex parking lot.

According to the Kansas City Star, a man arrived at the adjacent Arrowhead Stadium around 11:30 a.m. and fired shots at stadium employees. Kansas City Police Department spokesman Capt. Dave Jackson told reporters that no one was hit.

The Royals announced before the game that the suspect was in custody with no further shots fired.

Before that, the roads around the complex remained open, but the ballpark’s entrances and parking lots were closed as police worked to contain the standoff. Royals manager Mike Matheny said he arrived at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday around the same time as the standoff in the parking lot began.

Royals players had reported to the ballpark by the time Matheny addressed the media via Zoom on Saturday afternoon.

“We had some players and coaches that were circling the lot for quite a while,” Matheny said. “They were blocked off and sent home. They got back and by then they could enter a different way and be escorted in. We had everyone here [by 4 p.m.]. After that it became business as usual for us.”

But the Pirates, unable to enter, were put in a holding pattern at their team hotel. They had originally planned to leave at 1:30 p.m. but did not depart for the ballpark until 4:15 p.m. To accommodate for the Pirates’ late arrival, the clubs pushed back the expected start time to 6:35 p.m CT.

“I think anytime you hear that, first and foremost, you want to make sure everybody’s OK,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. “That’s the thought process that I have, that you want to make sure people are OK -- and not only that people are OK, but that we continue to monitor and handle the situation. Baseball can be moved back. So the world goes ‘round.

“We have to make sure once we are in a safe situation, a safe environment and got the word from Major League Baseball and the Kansas City Police -- that’s when we decided to come to the ballpark.”

The Pirates arrived around 4:45 p.m. and entered Kauffman Stadium through a different entrance than usual, putting as much distance as possible between themselves and the ongoing standoff on the other side of Arrowhead Stadium.

The Pirates were able to do defensive work on the field and hit inside, but they had to cancel batting practice on the field due to the quick turnaround.

“It’s one of those years where guys are to the point where they are adapting and adjusting and moving around. We’re going to be able to go out and take some ground balls and some fly balls, just kind of accelerate the routine,” Shelton said. “It’s more just the sitting around the hotel with nothing to do. … From 1:30 on we didn’t know when we were going to leave. You’re waiting to hear, waiting for guidance to move on. That’s the thing that probably makes it the most challenging.”