The Minnesota Twins got absolutely annihilated 10-1 by the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field tonight, and frankly, it was a mercy that almost nobody in the Emerald City, or anywhere else, actually saw it. Tucked away on a streaming service with a weird 5:20 CST start time, this was one for the memory hole. A pure disaster for Minnesota.
Pitching Pains and Offensive Flops
This game kicked off with some seriously questionable pitching choices. The Pale Hose went with a bullpen game, which is always a gamble, but the Twins countered by sending Bailey “might struggle to get the DeLorean back in time” Ober to the mound. You’d think with these two approaches facing off against what the source called “the top two offenses (by runs/game) in the American League,” we’d see some fireworks early. Instead, we got four and a half scoreless innings. Seriously, what in the world? The ChiSox finally broke the drought in the fifth, though. Sam Antonacci led off with a double off Ober, then Munetaka Murakami followed up with his own two-bagger, making it 1-0 White Sox. Ober’s 80 mph repertoire was clearly not cutting it, so Twins manager Derek Shelton pulled him for Kody Funderburk, who, despite walking his first batter, actually cleaned up the rest of the inning pretty well.
The Floodgates Open in Chicago
But the “cleaning up” didn’t last long, because the Twins’ offense was doing absolutely nothing. Through six innings, they had a measly two base hits. You can’t win like that, folks! Funderburk started the sixth and got greeted by a Tristan Peters double. Andrew Morris came in, walked Chase Meidroth, and the Sox were cooking again. Royce Lewis made a “terrific play” at first, but Antonacci still dribbled one up the middle past Kody Clemens, scoring two more and pushing it to 3-0. Then, after an intentional walk to Murakami, Randal Grichuk decided to take it personally and singled to left, making it 4-0. The hits just kept coming, and the Twins had no answer. Brooks Lee finally put the Twins on the board with a 425-foot bomb to right-center field, cutting it to 4-1 before the seventh inning stretch. Any positive vibes evaporated instantly, though, when Taylor Rogers entered with clear bases and exited with them jammed. Garrett Acton promptly walked Miguel Vargas, making it 5-1. Acton’s meltdown continued into the eighth with a Grichuk homer and a Peters ground-rule double, pushing it to 7-1. Tommy Nance entered the game, only to give up a 3-run homer to Kyle Teel. Ten runs. Brutal.
This kind of outing, even if it was tucked away on Peacock and barely seen, still leaves a sting. You gotta wonder how a lineup with that much talent gets shut down like that for so long and then gives up a double-digit beatdown. The Twins need to shake off this clinic from the Pale Hose and show up for their next one ready to prove this was a fluke.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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