Like dogs, children and Axl Rose at the beginning of the “November Rain” video, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are afraid of thunder.

The teams sat through three rain delays during Sunday night’s game, one of which included a booming thunderclap that startled both dugouts.

“That was the loudest thing I’ve ever seen; the brightest thing,” Yankees catcher Austin Romine told reporters. “It was daytime for a second. It kind of scared us all. I think Gardner jumped in my lap. We took off and we were out of there.”

The Red Sox were equally — what’s the medical term here? — ‘fraidy cats. After the thunder, Jarrod Saltalamacchia disappeared like A-Rod in a playoff game.