The Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals waited and played deep into the night Saturday after a series of delays.
After the Royals jumped out to a 4-1 lead early in the fifth inning, the Twins rallied for three runs before a rain delay halted play for over three hours.
After play resumed at 11:45 p.m., the rain was still coming down heavily but both teams played on.
Then all of the sudden, half of the lights at Kauffman Stadium went out.
Umm. Some of the lights just went out at here at Kauffman Stadium
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) August 20, 2016
🎶 Baby when the lights go out… 🎶
Rain delay ✔️
Light delay ✔️#MNTwins pic.twitter.com/Vnnxt1kOjE— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) August 20, 2016
Following a 15-minute delay, play resumed but neither team could drive in a run despite both having opportunities with runners in scoring position, so the game went into extra innings.
7:15pm First pitch
8:41pm Rain delay
11:44pm Play resumes
12:17am Half the lights go out
1:34am 9th inning ends
1:47am Press box lights go— Heather Rule (@hlrule) August 20, 2016
Finally, in the bottom of the 11th, Eric Hosmer drove in the winning run for the Royals.
FINAL (11): Royals 5, #MNTwins 4.
Good night/good morning.
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) August 20, 2016
