MINNEAPOLIS – Powered by a seven-run third inning, the Minnesota Twins rolled to a 12-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday at Target Field.
The Twins did most of their damage off lefty Chris Sale, who allowed more runs – nine – than he had in any of his previous 89 major league starts.
Right-hander Trevor May (2-1) was the beneficiary of the offensive support. May wasn’t great, allowing 10 hits and a walk in 5-plus innings, but he limited the damage to two runs. He struck out four batters.
Twins first baseman Joe Mauer had three hits and knocked in two runs, and second baseman Brian Dozier added two hits and four RBIs.
Sale (2-1) gave up eight earned runs on nine hits and two walks with four strikeouts in three innings.
Minnesota 12, Chi. White Sox 2
CHW ab r h bi MIN ab r h bi
Eaton cf 5 0 1 0 Dozier 2b 5 2 2 4
Ramirez ss 5 1 2 0 Hunter rf 4 1 1 0
Cabrera lf 5 0 2 1 Hrrmann ph 1 1 1 2
Abreu 1b 4 0 1 1 Mauer 1b 5 1 3 2
LaRoche dh 3 0 0 0 Plouffe 3b 3 1 0 0
Bonfco ph 1 0 1 0 Suzuki c 4 1 1 1
Garcia rf 3 0 2 0 Vargas dh 4 0 0 0
Shuck rf 1 0 0 0 Escobar lf 4 2 2 2
Gillspi 3b 4 0 1 0 Robnson cf 4 1 2 1
Flowers c 4 0 0 0 Santana ss 4 2 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 1 2 0
Totals 38 2 12 2 Totals 38 12 13 12
Chi. White Sox 002 000 000 - 2
Minnesota 117 000 03x - 12
E-Eaton 1, Al.Ramirez 1. LOB-Minnesota 4, Chicago 10. 2B-Herrmann (1), Tr.Hunter (5), Mauer (6), Al.Ramirez (7). HR-Dozier (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Chi. White Sox
Sale L, 2-1 3 9 9 8 2 4
Carroll 3 0 0 0 0 2
Da.Jennings 1 0 0 0 0 1
Petricka 1 4 3 3 0 0
Minnesota
May W, 2-1 5 2-3 10 2 2 1 4
Thielbar 2 1 0 0 0 2
Tonkin 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Graham 1 1 0 0 0 1
Inherited runners-scored-Thielbar 3-0, Tonkin 1-0.
Umpires-Home, Jim Joyce; First, Greg Gibson; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third, Chad Fairchild.
T-2:40. A-20,736 (42,035)
