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Winning one was nice; Twins look to do it twice against White Sox

The Twins on Thursday snapped their 13-game losing streak by beating the White Sox. Kyle Gibson starts tonight as the Twins try to got for two in a row.

September 2, 2016 at 10:04PM
Chicago White Sox second baseman Carlos Sanchez (5) tags out the Minnesota Twins' Jorge Polanco (11) attempting to steal during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Twins broke their 13-game losing streak, beating the White Sox 8-5.(AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)
Chicago White Sox second baseman Carlos Sanchez (5) tags out the Minnesota Twins' Jorge Polanco (11) attempting to steal during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Twins broke their 13-game losing streak, beating the White Sox 8-5.(AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid) (Brian Stensaas — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)


On Aug. 17, Kyle Gibson threw the first nine-inning complete game of his career in a victory over the Braves, using 115 pitches. Since then, he's failed to throw more than 5.1 innings in his next two outings. The Twins could use a longer outing today since Ervin Santana lasted just five innings on Thursday against the White Sox.

Gibson is 1-1 against the White Sox this season - but threw seven shutout innings at them the last time he faced them, June 28 in Chicago.

Lefthander Buddy Boshers was activated from the disabled list on Friday and has joined the club. Manager usually don't want to divulge if a pitcher is available or not, but Twins skipper Paul Molitor had no problem saying Boshers would not be in the mix on Friday. That's because Boshers threw 32 pitches last night for Class AAA Rochester before flying to the Twin Cities.

No Joe Mauer today against White Sox lefty Carlos Rodon. That allowed Molitor to shuffle the lineup around and get Eduardo Escobar in a third base.

Speaking of Escobar, he and Brian Dozier made an appearance at the State Fair today. Dozier liked the cheese curds, blueberry corn dog and Sweet Martha's cookies. He did not like the tofu on the stick.

White Sox

Adam Eaton, CF
Tyler Saladina, 2B
Melky Cabrera, LF
Jose Abreu, 1B
Justin Morneau, DH
Todd Frazier, 3B
Avisail Garcia, RF
Omar Narvaez, C
Carlos Sanchez, SS

Carlos Rodon, LHP

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Twins

Brian Dozier, 2B
Jorge Polanco, SS
Trevor Plouffe, 1B
Miguel Sano, DH
Eduardo Escobar, 3B
Max Kepler, RF
Kurt Suzuki, C
Logan Schafer, LF
Byron Buxton, CF

Kyle Gibson, RHP

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La Velle E. Neal III

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La Velle E. Neal III is a sports columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune who previously covered the Twins for more than 20 years.

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