Minnesota Twins’ Eddie Rosario celebrates with teammates in the dugout after scoring on a Jorge Polanco groundout during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Chicago.
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In each of their first two wins against the Twins, the Sox produced three seventh-inning runs to break games open.
Minnesota Twins first baseman and designated hitter Byung Ho Park left Saturday’s game against the Chicago White Sox with a right knee contusion.
White Sox: RHP Miguel Gonzalez (0-0, 8.44) will be recalled from Triple-A and start Monday night at Texas, becoming the latest to audition for the No. 5 rotation spot following John Danks’ departure. “His velocity was up there, so he was probably overthrowing, definitely overthrowing the slider”. Sox fans have known Quintana’s worth for years, but now he’s finally getting some national recognition. “I don’t want him to go out there and do something that could put him out a large chunk of time”, Molitor said.
“It’s nice to see him calm down and get through it”.
Sale hit 97 miles per hour on a strikeout of Darin Mastroianni to start the game before he began to struggle with command. The downside would be that if the ball lands, Nunez can’t score on the hit and has to stop at third base, and in that case Trevor Plouffe is up with the bases loaded and nobody out. Santana lost to the White Sox on April 14, when he gave up three runs and seven hits in seven frames to drop to 6-7 with a 3.84 ERA in 19 career appearances (18 starts) against Chicago.
Only after a mound visit did Sale escape the bases-loaded jam on a Kurt Suzuki grounder. Sale banged the baseball on the side of his head in frustration.
Eduardo Nunez led off the game with a double, followed by a walk to Jorge Polanco. He struck out six.
“It was not a good play”, Molitor said. He threw strikes on 74 of 120 pitches and limited the Twins to three hits, a walk and two hit batsmen in seven innings. I knew it had been a lot, but it really set in when I saw a tweet from Red Wings director of communication, Nate Rowan, and the team’s play-by-play broadcaster, Josh Whetzel. The veteran entered the season with a.261 in the month, seven points higher than his overall mark.
Sale wouldn’t have gotten there without his supporting cast.
Duffey finished with nine strikeouts in seven innings. Duffey was a bit unlucky in his only career start against the White Sox last season, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks over 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision.
Navarro cut the deficit to 2-1 on a run-scoring double in the second. The under is 6-2-1 in Lewis’ last 9 starts versus the White Sox and is 34-16-1 in the last 51 meetings. With one out, Avisail Garcia struck out swinging, Tyler Duffey’s wild pitch bounced nearly to the White Sox dugout allowing Garcia to reach on base. Instead, Austin Jackson made an outstanding play in the gap to catch the fly ball. They provided an emotional lift, too.
“It was where I wanted it, inside”, Santana said.
“Guys that can pitch like Jose, you’re going to get help”, manager Robin Ventura said. “I don’t get it”.
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The other guys? They’re all up for grabs, but aren’t very easy to move: Not with the salaries they command, and not with the kind of talent their teams are going to be looking for in return.
