Going into the top of the 5th, the Twins led 3-1. Nothing good happened the rest of the game.
The game started out good, as Byron Buxton tripled and later scored on Trevor Larnach’s single in the bottom of the 1st. In the 2nd, Mickey Gasper walked, stole 2nd, and scored on Ryan Fitzgerald’s single.
In the 4th, the Twins loaded the bases with nobody out. Gasper hit a sac fly and Austin Martin was thrown out trying for 3rd, making it a double play. Fitzgerald then bunted a pop out to end the threat.
If you believe in momentum, this is where it definitely flipped to the White Sox.
In the top of the 5th, after a walk, Will Robertson broke his bat grounding a ball to Richardson, who narrowly avoided a shard of the bat hitting him. In that mess, he overthrew 2nd base, allowing everyone to advance.
Hard to blame him for this one. The White Sox capitalized on the error, though, as Bryan Ramos doubled, scoring two and tying the game.
In the 6th, Thomas Hatch took over for Richardson and immediately gave up a walk. Curtis Mead then reached on an Austin Martin error, followed by RBI singles by Benintendi and Brooks Baldwin, giving the Sox the lead. From there, it was all downhill, as Kyle Teel and Lenyn Sosa homered in the 7th to make it 7-3. Four straight singles led to two more runs to make it 9-3.
In the 8th, Benintendi blasted a Noah Davis pitch out to right field for a 3-run homer to make it 12-3. That’s the final score, just an awful game.
Studs:
Mickey Gasper: 0-2, BB, SB, R
Byron Buxton: 1-4, 3B, R
Trevor Larnach: 2-4, 2B
Brooks Kriske, for this web gem:
Liminal space between Stud and Dud:
Simeon Woods Richardson: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, HR
Duds:
Thomas Hatch: 2.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, BB, 3 K, 2 HR
Austin Martin: 1-3, BB, base running error, fielding error
Matt Wallner: 0-4, 3 K
