Two extras after the Twins salvaged a split of their four-game series:
As if he hasn't done enough lately, Eddie Rosario, just one day after dropping a fly ball, made the defensive play of the game on Thursday.
With two outs and White Sox catcher Omar Narvaez on second base in the fifth inning, Jose Rondon belted a line drive near the left field line. As Rosario raced over to cut it off, Narvaez slowed near third base, then saw coach Daryl Boston waving him home.
Big mistake.
"The play developed slowly, and when the ball [was] hit, I didn't think we were going to have a chance," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "But as it unfolded, [Rosario] saw the play, he saw the distance, he made an accurate throw. If he throws it high or throws it wide, and the trail runner gets to second, your'e going to wonder why he did it. But he threw it on the money."
He did, and he did it by telling himself to calm down, slow down, keep your mechanics in order.
"I don't try to do too much," Rosario said. "I want to try to catch the ball first, then get in good position to throw to home plate."
The out ended the inning and preserved Jose Berrios' shutout for one more inning.
