It's a little weird, Paul Molitor said after the game, to sit around for two hours and then find out you've won a ballgame. But that's what happened on Monday, even if the weather came as a bit of a surprise.

"When [umpire crew chief Mike Everitt] stopped it, they thought it was going to be a quick one," Molitor said. "That was the hope anyway. And it just kept raining."

After two hours of steady, though not pouring, rain, the umpires called both managers together and discussed their options. "You try to play [complete] games, and that's the right thing," Molitor said. "I don't have any problem with that."

Brewers manager Craig Counsell, his team trailing 7-4, understandably didn't want to give up on the game, and there was some discussion, Molitor said, of whether the game could be resumed in light rain. Molitor resisted, especially since radar indicated that the rain would grow heavier within the hour.

"I wanted to make them aware, not because of the score, that you ask players to sit for 2 1/2 hours, then go out there in those conditions, starting up in the rain — it didn't seem very logical to me," Molitor said, and everyone finally agreed. "They were trying got make the best decision for the integrity of the game and for the players' safety."

The six-inning game was the first in Target Field's six-season history, and the first for the Twins since a 4-1 loss in Baltimore on May 6, 2009.

Roster move

Taylor Rogers was optioned to Class AAA Rochester after the game, with Fernando Abad due back tomorrow from the Dominican Republic, where he attended his grandmother's funeral.

Rogers, a lefthander who was a starter in Rochester last season, pitched only once in the week he was here, giving up one hit and no runs in 2/3 of an inning against the White Sox. The move means Ryan O'Rourke will remain at least until Glen Perkins comes off the disabled list; O'Rourke is more of a situational lefty and held that role last September.

History in the making

One good sign for the history-means-nothing believers among Twins fans, those who expect the team to recover from their 0-9 start: No team has ever suffered that bad a streak to open the season, then immediately won the next four games.

In fact, only one of the previous 11 teams (since 1901) to start 0-9 even won three of their next four. That was the 1918 Brooklyn Dodgers, who were 4-10 at this point of the season. Most teams in that situation, understandably, just keep losing. The 1988 Baltimore Orioles, for instance, lost 25 games (21 of them in a row) before winning their fourth. The 2003 Tigers also were 4-25.

And while four wins is a nice turnaround from the misery of last week, Molitor is keeping it in perspective.

"We're 4-9," he said. "So we're still looking up."

Here's when each 0-9 team won its fourth game:

1918 Brooklyn Dodgers 4-10

1919 Boston Braves 4-11

1920 Detroit Tigers 4-15

1962 New York Mets 4-16

1968 Chicago White Sox 4-13

1983 Houston Astros 4-11

1988 Baltimore Orioles 4-25

1988 Atlanta Braves 4-16

1997 Chicago Cubs 4-17

2002 Detroit Tigers 4-15

2003 Detroit Tigers 4-25