Three times the stormy weather interrupted the Twins' comeback attempt against the Brewers.
But as the act of God was trying triply hard to convey, a Twins victory simply wasn't in fate's plans.
The Twins lost 6-3 to Milwaukee on Monday at Target Field, where an announced crowd of 37,183 fans — a mix of Twins and Brewers faithful — went scrambling for the shelter of the concourse multiple times throughout the evening.
The Brewers, though, were the better team from the start. Twins starter Josh Winder walked Milwaukee's second batter before Andrew McCutchen smacked a two-run home run to right field.
Jorge Polanco hit a leadoff homer in the second inning off Brewers' starter Jason Alexander, but shortly thereafter, rain interrupted Gio Ursehla's at-bat. That delay lasted about 29 minutes before Urshela returned to the plate to end the inning with a ground out.
Urshela was again the precipitation harbinger in the fourth inning. Nick Gordon had previously driven in the tying run, and while this interruption lasted just about eight minutes, Urshela still lined out to end that inning.
Winder allowed three runs off two hits in the fifth. A leadoff walk came back to haunt him on Jonathan Davis' RBI single, and Willy Adames blasted a two-run homer to put the Brewers up 5-3.
Lightning, strong wind and heavy rain returned prior to the sixth inning, with that delay going 1:06.
Winder, at least, didn't have to stay warm through that final delay, as Trevor Megill took the mound to start the sixth. In five innings, Winder allowed four hits and five runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Alexander exited after the fourth inning, having given up three hits and two runs with two walks and a strikeout.
Megill allowed another Brewers run from Jace Peterson's RBI base hit in the sixth. And while the Twins managed to load the bases against Milwaukee reliever Hoby Milner, they still couldn't sneak in a run.
The sixth inning was also Max Kepler's last. The right fielder fouled a ball off his right ankle and was able to finish the at-bat, but Gilberto Celestino came into the outfield for the top of the seventh to replace him.
Luis Arraez hit a double off Brad Boxberger in the seventh inning and scored on Byron Buxton's force out to grant the Twins a third and final run. If the storm's input wasn't enough of an indication for the Twins' eventual demise, the crowd might have done enough convincing.
At several points throughout the evening, Milwaukee fans started "let's go Brewers" chants, which Twins fans tried somewhat fruitlessly to drown out with boos. Every big Milwaukee hit drew hearty cheers, as did Milwaukee reliever Josh Hader's final strikeout of Arraez in the ninth to end the game.
