The Twins' mission to put ground between themselves and the White Sox and Guardians in the American League Central before the All-Star break didn't exactly get off to a great start.
With lead in AL Central narrowing, Twins resume series with White Sox
Chicago won 12-3 on Thursday night and got within four games of Minnesota with three games remaining before the All-Star break.
July 15, 2022 at 9:21PM
Chicago beat the Twins 12-3 at Target Field on Thursday night, and Cleveland shut out Detroit to narrow the gap in the Central. The White Sox are within four games and the Guardians within 31⁄2 with entering play on Friday.
The Twins and Sox play the second of a four-game series tonight (7:10, BSN) with lefthander Devin Smeltzer (4-2, 3.92 ERA) facing Chicago righthander Michael Kopech (2-6, 3.35).
In a late move, catcher Ryan Jeffers (thumb) went on the 10-day injured list and catcher Caleb Hamilton was called up from St. Paul. He'll be making his major league debut if he appears in a game this weekend.
The 27-year-old Hamilton is hitting .252 with 10 homers in 49 games for St. Paul. He was a 23rd round pick in 2016 out of Oregon State.
Chicago has lost five of seven to the Twins this season; the teams will meet 19 times before it's all said and done.
Although the Twins statistically are among baseball's best-hitting teams, they are only hitting .208 (20-for-96) with runners in scoring position in their past 12 games.
WHITE SOX LINEUP
Tim Anderson, SS
Yoán Moncada, 3B
Luis Robert, CF
José Abreu, 1B
Andrew Vaughn, DH
AJ Pollock, LF
Leury Garcia, RF
Josh Harrison, 2B
Reese McGuire, C
TWINS LINEUP
Luis Arraez, 1B
Carlos Correa, SS
Byron Buxton, DH
Max Kepler, RF
Jorge Polanco, 2B
Alex Kirilloff, LF
Jose Miranda, 3B
Nick Gordon, CF
Gary Sánchez, C
The speculation surrounding shortstop Carlos Correa’s availability in a trade was overblown this week, Twins officials indicated at the winter meetings in Dallas.
