"Please find shelter along the concourses," the Target Field scoreboard warned as heavy rain began to fall Tuesday. The alert came a half-inning too late to stop the deluge that struck the Twins' bullpen.
Chris Archer pitched four shutout innings, dancing off the mound in celebration after striking out Justin Turner to finish his night, in his first start as a Twin. But the Dodgers sent 12 hitters to the plate in an ugly eighth inning, scoring six runs to turn a tie game into an eventual 7-2 rout of the Twins.
The weather downpour finally arrived immediately after the Dodger downpour, giving the Twins 88 minutes to contemplate what had happened. Their bullpen entered the game as the American League's best over the season-opening weekend, having allowed only two runs in 17 1/3 innings.
