SCORECARD
Friday scorecard: White Sox 3, Twins 2
FIRST INNING
Twins: With White Sox starter Jeff Samardzija pitching, Torii Hunter singled to center. Joe Mauer doubled to center, scoring Hunter. Mauer stole third. Trevor Plouffe hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Mauer.
Twins 2, White Sox 0
FOURTH INNING
Chicago: Twins starter Phil Hughes walked Adam LaRoche. LaRoche to second on a passed ball by Kurt Suzuki. Conor Gillaspie flied out to center. Alexei Ramirez lined out to center. J.B. Shuck singled to first, LaRoche to third. Geovany Soto doubled to left, scoring LaRoche and Shuck. Twins 2, White Sox 2
EIGHTH INNING
Chicago: With Twins reliever Aaron Thompson pitching, Gordon Beckham walked. Michael Tonkin relieved Thompson. Ramirez singled to right, Beckham to third. Shuck hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Beckham.
White Sox 3, Twins 2
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dozier 2b400002.248
Hunter rf411002.281
Mauer 1b411102.283
Plouffe 3b300101.257
Suzuki c300000.228
Escobar dh201010.252
Rosario lf200002.222
Hicks cf300000.242
Santana ss300002.238
Totals28232111
ChicagoABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Eaton cf400000.229
Cabrera lf401001.252
Abreu 1b401001.291
LaRoche dh310011.217
Gillaspie 3b300000.253
Beckham ph-3b010010.245
Ramirez ss403000.250
Shuck rf312100.276
Soto c402201.196
Sanchez 2b200000.192
Totals3139324
Twins200 000 000—230
Chicago000 200 01x—390
LOB—Twins 2, Chicago 8. 2B—Mauer (9), Soto (1). RBI—Mauer (25), Plouffe (21), Shuck (4), Soto 2 (7). SB—Mauer (1), Ramirez (2). S—Rosario. SF—Plouffe, Shuck. DP—Twins 1.
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Hughes782213894.50
Thompson L, 0-11/30111073.63
Tonkin2/310001105.40
CHICAGOIPHRERBBSONPERA
Smrdzija W, 4-28322191184.28
Robertson S, 910000290.98
Inherited runners-scored—Tonkin 1-1. HBP—by P.Hughes (C.Sanchez). PB—K.Suzuki. Umpires—Home, Bill Miller; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Adrian Johnson. T—2:21. A—21,067 (40,615).
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Detroit receiver Jameson Williams is giving future opponents – including a certain team from the Twin Cities – cause for concern as the race for the division title and No. 1 seed comes down to the wire.