MLB

Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins
2-4, 2-4 Away
Final
6 - 1
Chicago White Sox
2-4, 2-4 Home

Bader and Buxton homer to back López as Twins take series from White Sox 6-1 after long rain delay

Brooks Baldwin whacks a HR for White Sox

Buxton, Carlos Correa and Ty France had two hits apiece for the Twins, who took the rubber match of the three-game series.

López (1-1) pitched seven innings, giving up four hits and one run with a walk and five strikeouts. Jhoan Duran and Danny Coulombe each threw a scoreless inning to complete the win.

Buxton hit a solo homer to center in the first inning. Bader's third home run of the season scored France and Willi Castro ahead of him in the fourth. Buxton and France hit consecutive RBI doubles in the fifth.

Chicago's lone run came on Brooks Baldwin's homer in the seventh.

Rookie Sean Burke (1-1), who threw six scoreless innings in an opening day win over the Angels, gave up all six runs Wednesday and seven hits. He didn't walk anyone and had one strikeout.

Key moment For the second straight game, Bader hit a three-run homer. Tuesday's came in an 8-3 win.

Key stat Chicago's starting pitchers came in with the best ERA in the majors at 0.63. including a season-opening streak of 28 innings without allowing an earned run. They have given up eight in the last two games, both losses.

Up next The Twins open their home season with three games over four days against Houston before going on the road again, starting Joe Ryan (0-0) in the opener Thursday against the Astros' Hunter Brown (0-1).

The White Sox are off Thursday before heading on a six-game road trip, starting with a three-game series in Detroit. Jonathan Cannon (0-0) is scheduled to start against the Tigers' Jack Flaherty (0-0).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Taylor struck out swinging.
9th Inning Lee popped out to shortstop.
9th Inning Lee hit for Jankowski
9th Inning Sosa grounded into fielder's choice to third, Vargas safe at second on fielding error by third baseman Castro.
9th Inning Sosa hit for Baldwin
9th Inning Slater flied out to center.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 10
4 Strikeouts 7
6 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 6
0 Stolen Bases 0
0 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
6 Runs 1
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 34
2 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
6 Runners Left On Base 12
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 0
17 Fly Balls 17
1 Caught Stealing 0
127 Pitches 121
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 3
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
17 Total Bases 9
36 Plate Appearances 35
324.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
5 Extra Base Hits 1
4.1 Runs Created 1.4
.229 Batting Average .176
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.486 Slugging Percentage .265
.229 Secondary Average .118
.250 On Base Percentage .200
.736 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .465
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
3.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.4
44.0 Batter Rating 13.0
17.5 At Bats Per Home Run 34.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.53 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.46
.257 Isolated Power .088
0.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.14
.000 Walks Per Plate Appearance .029
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.059
12.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
88.3 MLB Rating 67.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

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2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Kansas City - 4 L2 0.33333334 2
Detroit - 4 L1 0.33333334 2
Cleveland - 4 L3 0.33333334 2
Chicago - 4 L2 0.33333334 2
Minnesota 0.5 5 L1 0.2857143 2
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