Twins hope return dwelling to face White Sox will reverse fortunes

The Minnesota Twins hope {that a} return dwelling can treatment what ails them.

Minnesota is coming off getting swept in a three-game street collection in opposition to the Atlanta Braves. The Twins have misplaced 15 of twenty-two video games to begin the season, and their greatest problem has been on the plate.

Now the Twins journey again to Minneapolis to open a three-game collection in opposition to the Chicago White Sox that begins Tuesday night.

Minnesota hopes to hit reset on a begin that has been something however invigorating.

“That was tough,” Twins infielder Brooks Lee mentioned of the Atlanta collection. “You see our workforce, we’re not hitting like we all know we are able to, and even when issues do get strung collectively, we’re not capitalizing.”

With 17 losses in 22 video games, the White Sox are one among solely two main league groups with a worse document than the Twins. The opposite is the Colorado Rockies, who’re 4-17.

Chicago is coming off a 4-2 loss on the street in opposition to the Boston Crimson Sox on Monday. Andrew Benintendi homered, however the White Sox managed solely 4 different hits.

The White Sox have misplaced seven of their previous eight video games.

To make issues worse, Chicago should discover somebody so as to add to its rotation after shedding left-hander Martin Perez to an elbow damage. Perez exited his most up-to-date begin on Friday, and on Monday the workforce transferred him to the 60-day injured listing.

White Sox supervisor Will Venable mentioned it was too quickly to undertaking Perez’s long-term outlook.

“We all know at the least 60 days (that he’ll be out),” Venable mentioned. “He feels, I feel, higher than he did after the primary day. However (it is) nonetheless too early to essentially speculate on what this timeline goes to be, so we’ll see right here within the subsequent couple of days what we have.”

Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (1-1, 6.16 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for his fifth begin of the season. The 6-foot-9, 260-pound North Carolina native is searching for his third high quality begin in a row after posting robust performances in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Royals and New York Mets.

Ober has made 13 profession begins in opposition to the White Sox. He’s 5-2 with a 3.60 ERA in these video games, with 13 walks and 72 strikeouts in 70 innings.

White Sox right-hander Davis Martin (1-2, 4.84 ERA) additionally is ready to make his fifth begin of the season. He’s hoping to bounce again from a loss on Thursday, when he allowed 4 runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings in opposition to the Athletics.

Martin, 28, has a profession document of 4-13 with a 4.64 ERA. He has pitched in opposition to the Twins in three video games, together with two begins, going 0-2 with an 11.32 ERA in these matchups.

That is the second collection between the golf equipment this season. The Twins took two video games out of three from March 31-April 2 in Chicago.

The White Sox received the opening recreation 9-0 as Andrew Vaughn and Benintendi every hit a three-run homer. The Twins got here again to win the second recreation 8-3 because of a five-run sixth inning, and Minnesota took the rubber match 6-1, getting all of its runs within the fourth inning.

–Area Degree Media