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Twins Series Recap
White Sox vs. Twins — Series Recap (2–1)
Final after three at Rate Field: White Sox 8–4, Twins 5–7
If this series was a test of whether your Sox could take a punch and come back swinging, consider it passed — with a little flair.
They dropped the opener in brutal fashion, won a tight one that felt like it was played on a tightrope, then slammed the door with an 8th-inning haymaker to take two of three and keep the early-season momentum rolling.
Game 1 (Tue, Apr 14) — Twins 6, White Sox 5
This one was sitting pretty… until it wasn’t.
Chicago pieced together five runs on 10 hits, with Kyle Teel driving in a run and the lineup doing enough to build a lead late. But Minnesota’s big bats waited for the window and kicked it open in the top of the 8th, dropping a three-run inning that flipped the game on its head.
The villains:
Royce Lewis (multi-HR day)
Byron Buxton (two-run homer earlier)
Emmanuel Rodriguez (two-run blast in that 8th)
On the mound, Tyler Schweitzer fought through five (3 ER), and the bullpen was asked to wear a lot — made tougher by the note that Brandon Eisert left injured while pitching.
Vibe: gut-punch loss… the kind that can spiral a team if they let it.
Game 2 (Wed, Apr 15) — White Sox 2, Twins 1
And this is where the series turned.
After the collapse, the Sox came back and won the kind of game good teams win: low scoring, tense, and decided by execution, not fireworks.
Grant Taylor was electric: 5.1 IP, 10 K, and he kept Minnesota from stringing anything together. Then Sean Burke took over and absolutely put the Twins in a vice, and Edwin Díaz handled the finish.
Offensively it was scratch-and-claw:
Early run created by Chase Meidroth (triple + pressure)
Then the winning rally in the bottom of the 8th: Miguel Vargas set the table, Tirso Ornelas moved the line, and Bryan Ramos delivered the go-ahead run with a sac fly.
Vibe: “Oh, you thought last night broke us? Cute.”
Game 3 (Thu, Apr 16) — White Sox 8, Twins 3
This was the statement.
The Sox grabbed control early with a three-run 3rd, added on, then kept the game in that uncomfortable zone for Minnesota — until the bottom of the 8th turned into a full-on avalanche.
And the moment that snapped it open:
Luis Robert Jr. — bases-clearing triple
With traffic everywhere and the Twins trying to pitch around danger, Robert didn’t just come through — he emptied the bases and essentially ended the conversation. He also homered earlier, because why not.
Jack Flaherty gave you five solid innings, and then the bullpen lined up cleanly behind him to close it out.
Also worth noting: Minnesota’s pen had to juggle things after Michael Fulmer left injured.
Vibe: the Sox took a division opponent, dragged them into deep water, and held them there.
Series themes that actually mattered
1) The response.
Losing Game 1 the way you did can linger. Instead, the Sox answered with two wins that looked completely different — one built on pitching and late manufacturing, one built on a knockout blow.
2) Chase Meidroth is pure chaos at the top.
Triples, pressure, traffic — he was a spark plug basically every night.
3) Luis Robert Jr. had the “series closer” energy.
When the third game asked for a superstar moment, he gave you one (and then some).
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