These Chicago White Sox just have the Minnesota Twins number. The Twins have now dropped three in a row to the White Sox with the season series tied 5-5. The Twins and White Sox sit at the bottom of the American League Central.
It was a back-and-forth game the Minnesota Twins ultimately fell 6-5 to the Chicago White Sox at Target Field. The game featured multiple lead changes and moments of excitement, but in the end, a late rally by the White Sox in the eighth inning sealed the Twins’ fate.
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Ober was looking for his first win when getting the start – since May.
The White Sox jumped ahead early in the top of the second inning with home runs from Colson Montgomery and Chase Meidroth off Twins Ober, putting the White Sox up 3-0.
The Twins responded quickly in the bottom half of the second. White Sox with many issues in the inning, an error from Mead and three walks. Byron Buxton with the bases loaded, and Royce Lewis crossed the plate 3-1.
In the bottom of the sixth, Royce Lewis stepped up and crushed his 10th home run of the season—a towering fly ball to left-center—to cut the White Sox lead to 3-2.
Staying in the bottom of the sixth, Byron Buxton beneficial yet again. He hit a sacrifice fly that brought in September call-up DaShawn Kiersey Jr., who had walked earlier in the inning. The run tied the game at 4 a piece, and the Twins were back in it.
The offense wasn’t done. In the bottom of the seventh, Brooks Lee slapped a ground ball to left field for a single, driving in Austin Martin to give the Twins a 5-4 lead, but it wouldn’t hold for long. As the game moved to the eighth, the Twins found themselves clinging to a slim one-run lead, something that isn’t always promising with the team’s current bullpen situation (if anyone was there Saturday night, you know….) In the top of the eighth, the White Sox responded with a two-out rally that would ultimately prove decisive. Brooks Baldwin hits a sharp double to center field, scoring Bryan Ramos from second base to tie the game 5-5.
And just like that, the momentum shifted. Mike Tauchman followed with another double, again to deep center, driving in Baldwin and giving the White Sox a 5-4 lead. The Twins couldn’t come up with any runs in the 9th, and that’s the ballgame.
The Twins play again tomorrow against the Sox. It’s a 6:40 p.m. start. The next three games against the White Sox start at that time. They the team is off to KC.
