Grounds crew work to secure the tarp over the infield on a rain delayed baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, Thursday, June 22, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Autey)
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins have started their game after a 4-hour, 50-minute rain delay.
The Twins announced the wait to play Thursday was the longest in the team's 57-year history in Minnesota. They played 28 seasons under a roof at the Metrodome. This is their eighth year at Target Field.
The first pitch of the series finale was thrown at 5 p.m.
The White Sox and Twins have a common off day Aug. 28, before their next series in Minnesota, but with radar showing the system eventually moving through team officials were determined to get the game in.
The White Sox once endured a 7 1/2-hour rain delay , before their game in Chicago on Aug. 12, 1990, against Texas was finally called.
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Michael Davis, left, with his son Zeke, from Boise Idaho, and Christopher Veaver with his Daughter, Jaela and Jaguar from Spearfish South Dakota, all first timers to Target Field, wait in the rain for the stop so they can watch a Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox baseball game, Thursday, June 22, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Autey)
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A couple of hardy fans wait out a rain delay under umbrellas before a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox, Thursday, June 22, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Autey)
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Fans Natalie St. John, left and Anna Petrangell dance as they wait out rain delay before a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox, Thursday, June 22, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Autey)
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