MIAMI -- The Brewers endured three rain delays in their Tuesday night game with the Marlins of 49, 22 and 32 minutes before the game was suspended at 11:03 p.m. CT at Dolphin Stadium with the teams tied at 2.

The Brewers and Marlins will resume play starting the 11th inning at 6:05 p.m. CT on Wednesday, then play the regularly scheduled game afterward.

"We've got to get two tomorrow," second baseman Tony Graffanino said after the 4-hour 58-minute marathon ended without a winner. Graffanino won't be part of the resumed game. He was thrown out in the eighth inning for arguing a called third strike.

"That field was pretty sloppy for a good portion of the game," said Graffanino, of a steady rain that pelted the field. "Batter's box? Sloppy."

Greg Aquino, who pitched a perfect 10th inning, will be on the mound for the Brewers when the game is resumed. Aquino isn't sure how many innings he will be able to pitch, but he said, "I'm going to try to be ready for anything."

Besides Aquino, manager Ned Yost said the Brewers have only two other relievers available -- Elmer Dessens and Francisco Cordero. Of the position players, only catcher Damian Miller and outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. have not played.

"It's kind of a strange situation," third baseman Craig Counsell said. "But we've got to be ready from the first pitch tomorrow."

The Brewers' chances of pulling this game out didn't look all that promising entering the ninth inning. Only several dozen fans remained in the dismal conditions and the Brewers trailed, 2-1, with the Marlins sending in their closer, Jorge Julio.

However, Julio came in having blown one save and nearly blown another already this season, and that form prevailed. Rickie Weeks led off with a walk and stole second. After Counsell flew out to right, shortstop J. J. Hardy tied the game with a hard-hit double. The ball sailed well over center fielder Alfredo Amezaga's head.

Claudio Vargas pitched well in his first start with the Brewers. He allowed five hits and two runs (one earned) in five innings. His nine strikeouts tied the career high he set on Aug. 2, 2005, against the Astros.

"I thought he pitched great," Yost said. "His strike to ball ratio was 2-to-1. The game would be over now if not for an error in the fifth inning."

After a 49-minute rain delay in the top of the fifth inning, Vargas returned to pitch the bottom half of the fifth. Alejandro De Aza hit a ball that first baseman Prince Fielder could not handle and De Aza raced to second. He went to third on Amezaga's single and scored on Dan Uggla's sacrifice fly.

"[Vargas] said he felt good and it was big that he came back after the rain delay," Yost said. That allowed the Brewers to save a bullpen arm at that early stage.

They figured to have an ideal hitting matchup, with the Marlins starting rookie right-hander Rick Vanden Hurk, who had pitched just 25 innings in the low Minors last season. Yet, Holland native displayed a surprisingly good breaking ball to go with a brisk fastball. He limited the Brewers to one run in 4 2/3 innings, but did not return after the first rain delay.

Corey Hart drove in the first Brewers run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning.

The second rain delay hit in the seventh inning at 8:12 p.m. CT and lasted 22 minutes. Then, at 10:31 p.m. CT, it began pouring again, and the umpires huddled about 30 minutes later and decided to suspend the game.

"Earlier, I could see why they kept trying to play," Yost said. "You could see little breaks in the sky. But later on, the field was unplayable and it was still coming."

The Brewers escaped trouble in the seventh when lefty Brian Shouse came in with runners on first and third and one out to get the speedy Amezaga to hit into a double play.

And the Brewers could have won it in the 10th if Cody Ross had not made a stretching, over-the-shoulder catch at the right-field wall on Weeks' shot with Geoff Jenkins in scoring position.

Fielder led the Brewers with a 3-for-4 game, but the Marlins intentionally walked him in the ninth once Hardy doubled in the tying run.

Now the Brewers (3-4) have to be ready to pick up a game that could last an inning for much longer.