A Rain delay, lighting malfunction, extra innings and a Twins loss

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.

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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.

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Finally, in the bottom of the 11th, Eric Hosmer drove in the winning run for the Royals.

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