The Twins and Cleveland Guardians did what they could to get a game in on Monday night at Target Field. But in the end, the weather wouldn’t cooperate for long enough.
The two teams made it through three innings on Monday before the game was officially suspended around 9:10 p.m.
The game is scheduled to resume on Tuesday at 5:10 p.m. with the regularly-scheduled game starting 30 minutes later. But with more rain in the forecast on Tuesday, it seems unlikely that nearly two full games will be played.
The Twins had just taken a 2-1 lead in the second inning when the rain, which had been coming down for most of the game, intensified.
At 7:13 p.m., the two teams left the field for the first rain delay of the night. As the rain slowed, managers Rocco Baldelli and Stephen Vogt conferred with the umpires, eventually moving their conversation from the third base side to the middle of the field.
Shortly after their meeting broke up, players re-emerged on the field.
That rain delay lasted 61 minutes, after which the two teams returned for 14 minutes before the tarp went right back on the field at 8:28 p.m.
At around 9:10 p.m., the game was officially suspended. Fans who were in attendance on Monday will receive a voucher for a future game.
After the Guardians struck first off Bailey Ober to begin the game, the Twins used an RBI hit from Ty France to even the score in the bottom of the first.
An inning later, Willi Castro drove in Harrison Bader, giving the Twins the lead.
That was where things stood when the first delay was called. After they returned, Ryan Jeffers struck out, leaving Castro on second base.
They played one more inning after that before heading back inside for good.
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