MINNEAPOLIS -- Oh, yes, the Twins are heating up -- and not even a little rain could extinguish that flame.

A 45-minute rain delay and an immediate two-run blast by DJ Stewart washed away a narrow Minnesota lead in the eighth inning -- and Stewart rubbed it in with a massive bat flip. But these Twins had an answer for the homer -- and for the theatrics, too.

After quickly tying the game in the bottom of the frame, Minnesota batted around and scraped together six straight two-out hits to claim a commanding lead with a six-run inning. Mitch Garver punctuated his go-ahead, two-run double down the right-field line with a bat flip of his own as the Twins emphatically roared back for an 8-3 win at Target Field.

At last, Minnesota has some much-needed momentum after winning four of its last five games, with the only loss coming in an extra-innings contest against Cleveland on Saturday.

“We’re building momentum,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “We’re creating it amongst our group and then carrying it out onto the field and riding it. Going through really good, positive periods of time out on the field, and when we’re in a lull, we find it. You do have to create it. You can’t just wait for things to happen.”

They did have to wait for a while. The rain delay started without warning with two outs in the top of the eighth when the skies suddenly opened up, but many of the 8,530 fans stayed in the stands to dance through the deluge in “Club Rayne,” as the Twins jokingly called it, with a sort of manic energy that buzzed around the ballpark while players watched with amusement from the dugout as fans threw their bodies around to throwback hits.

Even after Stewart crushed the second pitch after the delay into the stands, the momentum that Minnesota had built -- and, perhaps, that chaotic fan energy -- started to snowball as the Twins cascaded hit after hit to turn a deficit into a laugher in the bottom of the frame.

“You could just feel the energy grow and grow and grow,” said Trevor Larnach, who clubbed a 461-foot homer in the third inning, the longest by a Twins hitter since 2019. “Start with really good at-bats and the train kept rolling, and before you know it, we were putting a lot of runs up. It was a great team effort.”

The six runs were particularly significant because coming back late in games hasn’t exactly been the 2021 Twins’ strong suit. They entered Monday with a 2-15 record when trailing after seven innings, and the offense didn’t have many of its primary contributors with Max Kepler, Luis Arraez, Nelson Cruz and Jorge Polanco all out of the starting lineup with minor injuries.

But the rest of the roster stepped up in a big way.

Andrelton Simmons led off with a walk, leading to Kyle Garlick’s one-out single and Josh Donaldson’s game-tying sacrifice fly. After Alex Kirilloff singled and Garver’s two-run double gave Minnesota the lead, the floodgates were fully open. Miguel Sanó, Rob Refsnyder, Larnach and Simmons each singled, and Cruz drew a walk, as seven consecutive hitters reached base.

The Twins’ outfield depth played a big role in this victory, with Larnach and Garlick each homering as part of two-hit games, and Garlick throwing out a runner at the plate from right field to preserve a slim lead -- long before the eighth-inning chaos. Garlick is responsible for much of this momentum after his 10th-inning homer off James Karinchak on Sunday pushed the club to its first series win in three weeks.

“Injuries have really hurt this team,” Larnach said. “The guys that are playing, everyone has really got something. To see all these guys perform and come up and battle, I think it's great for the team.”

Even amid all these injuries, these Twins look to be finally hitting their groove. And if they have, watch out.

“Guys feed off each other,” said Matt Shoemaker, who allowed one run in six innings. “Pitchers feed off each other, hitters feed off each other, we all feed off each other. The momentum builds.

“The rhythm is great. The energy is there. And that's when we go out there and have fun. Everyone's laughing. Guys were getting hit after hit. It's a blast. That's something that we all want to be a part of and keep playing well and winning."