Twins reach sudden conclusion against Guardians, losing 2-1 after drawn-out start
- The Cleveland Guardians defeated the Minnesota Twins 2-1 at Progressive Field on Tuesday night after a delayed start due to rain.
- The game began at 9:20 p.m., over three hours late following heavy rain that postponed the scheduled start and kept the tarp on the field.
- Pitchers Tanner Bibee and Chris Paddack dominated, with Bibee allowing one run over seven innings and Paddack giving up a home run but lasting five innings.
- In the ninth inning, Kyle Manzardo delivered a game-winning homer off Louie Varland, ending the Twins’ four-game winning streak and securing the final score.
- The loss maintained the Twins' 13-17 record despite recent strong play, while their manager and players acknowledged struggles in stringing together effective at-bats.
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Twins reach sudden conclusion against Guardians, losing 2-1 after drawn-out start
CLEVELAND — It barely rained at Progressive Field on Tuesday, and the Twins and Guardians followed the weather’s lead: Not much rain, and only a little bit of thunder in their bats.

Twins walked off after extended weather delay — and little rain
CLEVELAND — As the grounds crew emerged to remove the tarp from the field, Blind Melon’s “No Rain,” an appropriate song for the occasion, played over the loudspeaker. Nearly two hours after the Twins-Guardians game was supposed to start on Tuesday evening, the tarp was taken off the field — for the first time. By that point, rain had fallen for about a minute. As the skies darkened, the grounds crew pulled the tarp back over the field a few minu…
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