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Squirrel Halts Minnesota Twins Game, Runs Through Legs: Watch
It's the second night in a row that a squirrel has interrupted play at Target Field.
MINNEAPOLIS — It happened again. A squirrel running madly around Target Field caused the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox to pause play for the second time in two nights Tuesday.
With slugger Nelson Cruz up to bat, the squirrel dashed across the baseball diamond, and the umpire was forced to halt the game, mid-pitch.
The rodent ran through Max Kepler's legs before sprinting by home plate and jumping into the White Sox dugout. It later jumped into the crowd and hung out with the fans for a bit.
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Right through the five-hole. #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/qd4Q3RKigM
— Twins Photography (@TwinsPics) August 21, 2019
UPDATE: The squirrel ran onto the crowd, leapt over the wall back into the field, then finally found a home pic.twitter.com/GWjHSzqgS2
— Paid man gets bored (@cjzero) August 21, 2019
Thankfully, the squirrel eventually found a place to hide for the remainder of the game.
The Twins beat the White Sox, 14-4.
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