Twins shut out by White Sox in rain-shortened game
The Twins have used six games against the Chicago White Sox this season to get better if not well With the chance for a series sweep on Thursday at Target Field Minnesota couldn t get much of anything going offensively in a wet - loss The battle was played in an incessant rain that required the grounds crew to give the infield selected extreme makeovers between innings before umpire crew chief Laz Diaz called for the tarp after seven innings After about minutes it was called The Twins have been shut out three times this young season twice by the White Sox who improved to - on Thursday They beat Minnesota - in Chicago on March Lenyn Sosa and Michael Vargas his solo home runs for the White Sox and Joshua Palacios drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in Chicago s other run White Sox rookie Shane Smith - making his fifth major league start held the Twins scoreless for five innings allowing four hits and a walk while fanning seven Chris Paddack - took the loss allowing two runs on a solo home run by Sosa in the second inning and walking in another with two out in the fourth He pitched five innings allowing five hits and four walks He struck out five Vargas started the sixth with a home run his first of the season against reliever Jorge Alcala The Twins put runners on first and second with no outs in the sixth inning against reliever Jordan Leasure The right-hander walked Byron Buxton to start the inning then gave up a sharp single to Brooks Lee bringing Trevor Larnach to the plate Larnach speedily worked the count to - but wound up striking out Next batter Carlos Correa also worked a quick - count against Leasure but was called out looking on an outside fastball out of the zone for the second out Ty France hit a broken-bat liner to second baseman Sosa to end the inning Chicago White Sox s Miguel Vargas rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball championship against the Minnesota Twins Thursday April in Minneapolis Minn AP Photo Ellen Schmidt
