Chicago White SoxvsMinnesota Twins
CHW 4/MIN 6
Things to say
Twins beat the White Sox 6-4 at Target Field.
01
opener
Twins took it 6-4 last night. Sox jumped out early but the bullpen straight up gave it back. Target Field was rocking by the seventh.
02
key player
Buxton looked like a different guy at the plate — go-ahead knock in the sixth and he was all over the gaps.
03
hot take
Chicago's manager went to the pen way too early. You had a starter cruising and you yank him? C'mon.
04
deep cut
Twins ran a lefty out of the pen against the heart of the order in the eighth and the southpaw got into his stuff right when they needed it.
05
exit
Anyway — getaway day tomorrow, we'll see if the Sox can salvage one before they fly out.
The recap
Twins took down the White Sox 6-4 at Target Field, a nice get for Minnesota as they keep clawing back toward .500. Chicago had been the better team coming in at 32-29, so this one stings a bit on a getaway-day kind of feel.
No box-score heroes jumping off the page, but a two-run win in the late innings usually means somebody in the heart of the order came through and the bullpen actually held. White Sox drop to 32-29, Twins climb to 29-33.