And when Ynoa missed high with a pitch that almost went over Brian Dozier’s head, the White Sox seemed doomed to lose in dramatic fashion for the second straight night.
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Brian Dozier homered twice and Ervin Santana posted another strong start one day before the trade deadline as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4 on Sunday. The Twins almost pulled off their second walkoff win in two nights when Ynoa walked Max Kepler to load the bases for Dozier. “People have fun doing that, but sometimes it gets the best of guys inside”.
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The Sox then took the lead off Fernando Abad, with Avisail Garcia leading off with a double, then scoring on Navarro’s double two batters later. Navarro entered the game batting.200. In a complete-game loss against the Braves his last time out, Santana allowed just two runs on seven hits in a tough-luck scenario. The Twins almost pulled off their second walkoff win in two nights.
“I just try to not think about it”, he said with a smile. “He got out of the inning, and he kept us in the game”.
Navarro also caught all 10 innings of Saturday’s game, one night after catching 11 innings in Chicago’s 2-1 extra-innings loss to Minnesota. Lefty Tommy Milone (3-3) starts for the Twins in tonight’s 6:10 p-m contest.
Eduardo Escobar hit a two-out, three-run homer in the eighth off Matt Albers to put the Twins up 5-4. After Tyler Saladino struck out, the Twins could have pitched around Melky Cabrera to pick on Jose Abreu.
“Still working on the little things he needs to do”, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. Every infielder but first baseman Kennys Vargas was charged with an error. Gonzalez boasts a 2-5 record and a pedestrian 4.28 ERA but has been solid in five July starts, lasting at least six innings in each turn and posting a 2.76 ERA in that span. His 114 pitches were a season high. Vargas delivered the big shot with a two-run homer to put Minnesota up 3-0 in the first. Trevor May picked up his second victory after setting Chicago down one-two-three in the top of the 12th.
“Throwing seven innings, it’s really important for us starters, ” he said.
Morneau, who batted fifth against the Twins as the Sox’ designated hitter in the first game of a three-game series, was speaking from a odd place for him, the visitors dugout at Target Field.
It’s that time of year when the late move would make any Sox observer sit up and take notice. Sale, who drew a five-day suspension for the incident, also said he had several 1-on-1 meetings, including one with Ventura.
Whether they were distracted or not, the Sox didn’t look much like a contending team against the last-place Twins, at least not on offense without injured second baseman Brett Lawrie and Frazier, who felt sick and dizzy before the game and was only available off the bench.
“You’ve got to be able to wait him out and get something in the middle of the plate”, Ventura said of Nolasco.
Likewise, Sale called the meeting “good” and “very productive”.
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Santana’s second-shortest outing of the season came against the White Sox on May 7, when he lasted 3 1/3 innings. “He’s not necessarily going to ask for one, but I know he needs one, ” the manager said.
