Black Sox Blog

After losing the last game of a three game series to division rival Detroit, the Sox have lost the first two of a four game series against another divisional foe, the Minnesota Twins.  A five run fifth inning helped the Twins get past the Sox by a score of 6-5 in game two of the series.  Trying to rally late, the Sox scored one run in the ninth but could not put another on the board to tie the game.  Home runs by Brian Anderson and Nick Swisher helped the cause for the Sox but it just wasn’t enough to counter the big hitting Twins which included clutch hits by Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer.  Clayton Richar had a tough game against a powerful lineup, going four and two-thirds innings, and giving up seven hits and five earned runs.  Sometimes this is good enough to compete with the run scoring potential of the Sox lineup, but the Twins’ pitching staff earned their paychecks and kept the Sox off the board enough to get the win.   Gavin Floyd gets the start in the third game of the series.