Twins-White Sox game recap

April 9, 2017 at 12:59AM
This is a 2014 photo of Avisail Garcia of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. This image reflects the 2014 active roster as of Feb. 22, 2014 when this image was taken in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ORG XMIT: AZPS238
This is a 2014 photo of Avisail Garcia of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. This image reflects the 2014 active roster as of Feb. 22, 2014 when this image was taken in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ORG XMIT: AZPS238 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

GAME RECAP

IMPACT PLAYER

Avisail Garcia, White Sox

Singled, tripled and homered, and even his mistake turned out well: He escaped a rundown to score.

BY THE NUMBERS

1 Career home runs as a Twin by Jason Castro, who blasted a pitch into the left-canter stands iin the sixth.

16⅔ Consecutive innings without giving up a run by the Twins bullpen, a streak stopped by Garcia's homer off Justin Haley in the sixth.

ON DECK

Ervin Santana can clinch the Twins' second consecutive series victory; he will face Chicago's Jose Quintana on Sunday.

PHIL MILLER

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