Game 102: Twins complete sweep of Sox
Chicago @ Minnesota (Game 3 of 3)
Brian Duensing filled in for Francisco Liriano, who was pulled from his start due to swelling in hsi throwing arm, and helped give the Twins to a 3-2 victory over the White Sox to complete the three game sweep of their division rivals.
The Twins gave Duensing some runs to work with in the bottom of the second after Alexi Casilla hit a ground rule double to knock in Carlos Gomez. Denard Span put in the second run of the inning on a force out that scored Nick Punto from third to make it 2-0.
The Sox came back into the game by scoring a run in the third of a leadoff home run from Jayson Nix to make it 2-1. Carlos Quentin tied the game in the top of the fifth with a leadoff home run of his own. Duensing pitched through the rest of the inning before handing it over to the bullpen. Duensing pitch five innings and gave up two runs off three hits with two strike outs and a walk.
The Twins would retake the lead in the bottom half of the sixth on a two out single from Casilla that scored Joe Crede to make it 3-2. The defense and bullpen would take over from there and hold the game for Joe Nathan, who came in to close the game in the ninth.
Nathan had some problems early on and gave up a leadoff single to Gordon Beckham before striking out Jermaine Dye. Paul Konerko would take a 5-pitch walk to put the go ahead run on first but Nathan would retire the next two batters with a strike out and a line out to earn his 29th save of the season and the win for his club.
Attendance: 39,002
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