The Twins offense put up a 5-spot in the 6th and never looked back.
The White Sox scored first tonight, using 3 singles in the 2nd inning, the 3rd an RBI single by Brooks Baldwin. In the 4th, Andrew Benintendi scored on a sac-fly RBI by Baldwin. Simeon Woods Richardson’s night would end after 4 innings, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits and striking out 5 while walking 1.
They made it a 3-0 lead after Nick Maton hit a solo shot off of Louie Varland in the 5th.
With 2 outs in the 6th, and things looking bleak once again, the Twins bats finally woke up. Byron Buxton and Trevor Larnach walked, then Ryan Jeffers got the Twins on the board with an RBI single. Ty France also hit an RBI single, then Willi Castro was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Edouard Julien, who tied the game with a single. Jose Miranda then doinked a hit behind 1st base to plate 2 more, putting the Twins up 5-3. Julien would be thrown out trying to steal home, ending the threat.
With the lead, the Twins bullpen went to work, getting shutout innings from Cole Sands, Jorge Alcala, and Griffin Jax. In Jax’s 8th inning, with 2 runners on, Carlos Correa made a great run saving diving catch, then Jax struck out Lenyn Sosa to end the inning.
In the top of the 9th Harrison Bader came up with 2 on and blasted a 3-run homer to left to open the lead up to 8-3. Bader had come in as a defensive replacement for Larnach in the 7th. Danny Coulombe pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning, securing the Twins first win of the 2025 season! Pablo Lopez will get the ball tomorrow afternoon to try to secure a series win.
Studs:
Harrison Bader: 1-1, 3-run homer
Matt Wallner: 1-2, 2B, 3 BB
Ty France: 2-4, BB, RBI, R
Ryan Jeffers: 2-5, RBI, R
The bullpen: 5 innings, just 1 run allowed
Duds:
NO DUDS TWINS WIN!!