White Sox 10, Twins 1: Mostly flightless birds on Peacock
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If the Minnesota Twins are finally featured on Sunday Night Baseball but the game is on a streaming service (Peacock) at an extremely odd (5:20 CST) time so very few people can watch it, did it actually happen?
Philosophical cud-chewing aside, I can confirm—as a subscriber to the plumaged bird—that the Twins did indeed close out their series with the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field tonight. It was perhaps a mercy this one wasn’t available to the majority of the viewing public.
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Pitching-wise, it was an odd assemblage to start. The Pale Hose went with a bullpen game, while the Twins sent Bailey “might struggle to get the DeLorean back in time” Ober to the bump.
So what happened to this mishmash against the top two offenses (by runs/game) in the American League? Well: four and a half scoreless innings. Of course!
Alas, it was the ChiSox that kick-started the offensive portion of the ballgame in B5. After Sam Antonacci doubled off Ober to begin the frame, Sox stalwart Munetaka Murakami followed suit with a similar two-base hit. 1-0 CWS.
Protecting Ober’s 80 mph repertoire from seeing the South Side’s sluggers too many third times, MN manager Derek Shelton banished Bailey in favor of Kody Funderburk, who—despite walking the first batter he faced—cleaned up nicely the rest of the way.
Meanwhile, the MIN offense through six innings: two measly base knocks.
Fundy stuck around to start B6 and was greeted by a Tristan Peters double doinked into LF. Andrew Morris would enter and walk Chase Meidroth to stimulate a Sox scoring chance. After a terrific play from Royce Lewis at 1B, Antonacci would render the point moot with a dribbler up the middle past Kody Clemens, plating two foot-warmers. 3-0 CWS.
After issuing Murakami an intentional pass to the first sack, Randal Grichuk would take that personally with a whack a single to LF, scoring Antonacci. 4-0 CWS.
The Twins did get on the board before the 7th inning stretch when Brooks Lee sent a sphere 425 feet into the RCF seats. 4-1 CWS.
Lest any positive momentum be carried over to the other side of the stretch break, Taylor Rogers would enter with the bases clear and exit with them all jammed up. Enter Garrett Acton and his immediate four balls to Miguel Vargas. 5-1 CWS.
Further Acton meltdown in B8: Grichuk homer—Peters ground-rule double. 7-1 CWS.
Enter Tommy Nance: 3-run homer from Kyle Teel. 10-1 CWS.
Your Final: Chicago White Sox 10, Minnesota Twins 1.
The even fringe-hopeful competitive portion of the Twins’ 2026 season ends the night before Labor Day.
Zach’s Zealot- Lewis: One hit and a number of really nice plays at 1B. Good to see him finding a home on that side of the diamond (it bodes well for the rest of his Twins tenure).
- Morris’ Meltdown: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 ER. I know I have to keep in mind we were—just earlier this year—seeing Morris’ parents cheering on his Major League debut and how good he was in the middle months. But these blowups are far more frequent as the year folds up.
- Hide the children before clicking on this link, but it only took Matt Monittotwo words to sum this one up.
- Quick turnaround to Detroit for a Labor Day Monday 2:10 PM game followed by Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon contests with the Tigers.