IMPACT PLAYER: Danny Mendick, Chicago
Monday's Twins-White Sox game recap
A quick look at Monday's blowout loss.
May 18, 2021 at 5:28AM
![Minnesota Twins center fielder Rob Refsnyder (38) caught a fly ball in the second inning. ] leila.navidi@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/GEQWL54NQU46UEV2KMYQEPHTW4.jpg?&w=712)
Mendick hit his first career grand slam in the fifth inning on the first pitch he saw, making the score 10-1. He finished with a game-high five RBI.
BY THE NUMBERS
4 Career-high hits for Rob Refsnyder, who started in center field for the first time in the majors and went 4-for-4 with an RBI from a double and three singles.
26 Losses for the Twins through 39 games, the fifth-worst start at this point of any season in team history.
230 At-bats it took for Chicago's Nick Madrigal to hit his first MLB home run, coming off Twins starter J.A. Happ in the third inning.
Gerrit Cole gave up his opt-out right on Monday and will remain with the New York Yankees under a contract that runs through 2028 rather than become a free agent.
