Twins Stain White Sox for 20 Runs
May 22, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Baseball
After losing their last six games, the Minnesota Twins were mad. The Chicago White Sox can give a first hand account of how mad the Twins were on Thursday night. After jumping out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, Minnesota kept bashing away and finished the game with a 20-1 victory.
The 20-1 final score was the second largest win for Minnesota, while it tied Chicago’s worst loss in their history. With the win, the Twins are now 19-23. The loss dropped the White Sox to 17-23.
Bartolo Colon got pounded for eight runs, seven hits and two walks in two innings of work. However, the good news for his ERA is that only one of the eight runs were earned. Lance Broadway entered the game next and gave up six runs in 3.1 innings. Next, Jimmy Gobble allowed the final six runs in one inning of work. Amazingly, D.J. Carrasco threw 2.2 innings of shutout ball to finish out the game for the White Sox.
At the plate, Joe Mauer was 3-for-4 with two runs and six RBIs. Mauer’s big hit was a grand slam in the 6th inning that made it 16-0. Second baseman Matt Tolbert entered the game with four RBIs — and added four more RBIs and his first home run.
Michael Cuddyer and Joe Crede added homers for the Twins. Nick Blackburn pitched seven scoreless innings to pick up his third win of the season.
Joe Mauer should be smiling after that win (Image: Newscom)
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