Game 40: Sox hand Twins fifth straight loss
Minnesota @ Chicago (Game 1 of 3)
The White Sox broke a five game losing streak and gave the Twins their fifth straight loss in a 6-2 win at U.S. Cellular Field.
Scott Baker was on the mound and looking for his second win of the season, however, he stumbled in the second inning and threw a total of 44 pitches and gave up three runs. The runs came in the form of a 2-run home run from Paul Konerko and an RBI double from Alexei Ramirez. Baker would give up a solo home run in the fifth to Jermaine Dye to give Chicago a 4-0 lead before leaving the game after pitching five innings and striking out and walking four apiece.
The Twins didn’t get a run on the board until the sixth with a solo home run from Joe Mauer. Nick Punto added to the run in the seventh inning with a sacrifice fly that scored Michael Cuddyer. The White Sox, though, would put a pair of runs on the scoreboard in the bottom half of the seventh with an RBI double from Jim Thome off of newcomer Sean Henn that scored Scott Podsednik and Jermaine Dye. Henn, who was just called up from Triple-A, pitched 1 1/3 inning and gave up two runs on two hits with a walk.
Attendance: 26,696 (U.S. Cellular Field)
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