Minnesota (16-14) at Chi White Sox (14-17)

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Twins eyeing Central control

Leslie Parker / MLB.com
The Twins travel to Chicago for the opener of a three-game set against the White Sox in a test of their early-season success against the AL Central.
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Twins probable pitcher

Nick Blackburn

  • RHP
  • (2-1) 3.52 ERA
Twins: The right-hander labored a bit in his last start, but he made pitches when necessary. Despite not being completely sharp, Blackburn delivered a quality start, pitching seven innings while allowing three runs on eight hits. Blackburn said that he's pitching better later in outings when some of his adrenaline wears off. The hope is that he can start to transfer that earlier in outings. When Blackburn effectively mixes in his cutter and sinker with a strong curveball and slider, he can be one of the most dangerous pitchers on the Twins staff. He'll face the White Sox for the third time this season. He's 1-0 with a 3.75 ERA in his first two starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 2-3 4.50 50.0 8 27 .328
Season 2-1 3.52 38.1 6 19 .315
Vs. Chi White Sox 1-0 3.75 12.0 4 9 .313

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/06/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Minnesota Twins (AL Central) 16 14 .533 - 11-6 5-8
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 14 17 .452 2.5 7-7 7-10
Stats - 05/06/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
MIN .266 124 16 118 29 183 4.05 264.2 278 73 172
CWS .228 139 38 136 8 200 3.56 275.1 258 96 208
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Swisher not worried about Sox offense

David Singh / MLB.com
Over the six-game losing streak, the White Sox offense has gone missing, as the team has combined to hit just .170 (32-for-188) during the skid. According to center fielder Nick Swisher, the team is not discouraged, however.
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White Sox probable pitcher

Gavin Floyd

  • RHP
  • (2-1) 3.16 ERA
White Sox: Floyd will have a chance to break his string of bad luck against Minnesota when he faces the Twins at home on Tuesday. Floyd suffered his third loss when facing the Twins in as many career starts, allowing three runs on five hits over six innings during Tuesday's 3-1 setback at the Metrodome. Floyd struck out one and walked three, giving him 15 strikeouts and 15 walks in 31 1/3 innings this season. The big blow against Floyd on Tuesday was Jason Kubel's two-run home run.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 10-11 5.83 210.0 98 139 .278
Season 2-1 3.16 31.1 15 15 .176
Vs. Minnesota 0-1 4.50 6.0 3 1 .227

Twins hitters vs Gavin Floyd

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Butera, Drew - - - - - - - -
Casilla, Alexi - - - - .400 5 0 0
Cuddyer, Michael .333 3 0 0 .286 14 1 3
Hardy, J.J. - - - - - - - -
Harris, Brendan .000 3 0 0 .077 13 0 0
Hughes, Luke - - - - - - - -
Kubel, Jason .333 3 1 2 .316 19 2 4
Mauer, Joe .500 2 0 0 .316 19 0 1
Morales, Jose - - - - .333 3 0 0
Morneau, Justin .000 3 0 0 .200 20 2 6
Plouffe, Trevor - - - - - - - -
Pridie, Jason - - - - - - - -
Punto, Nick .000 1 0 0 .125 8 0 0
Ramos, Wilson - - - - - - - -
Romero, Deibinson - - - - - - - -
Span, Denard - - - - .400 10 0 2
Tolbert, Matt - - - - 1.000 3 0 0
Tolleson, Steven - - - - - - - -
Young, Delmon 1.000 2 0 0 .190 21 0 1

White Sox hitters vs Nick Blackburn

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon - - - - - - - -
Castro, Ramon - - - - - - - -
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - .667 3 1 1
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .000 3 0 0 .067 15 0 0
Kotsay, Mark - - - - - - - -
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .333 3 0 0 .417 12 0 2
Podsednik, Scott - - - - .500 2 0 0
Quentin, Carlos .250 4 1 1 .333 9 1 1
Ramirez, Alexei - - - - .600 5 0 0
Rios, Alex - - - - .333 3 0 0
Teahen, Mark - - - - .286 7 0 0
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

History eludes Floyd in last frame (16-15) (15-16)

White Sox 7, Twins 1

Mauer breaks it up

Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
Through 8 1/3 innings on Tuesday, the Twins had been held to just an unearned run on Jason Kubel's sacrifice fly, without collecting a single hit against Gavin Floyd. At that point, Joe Mauer connected on a double that ended the no-hit bid, though the White Sox held on for the victory.

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Series at a Glance

 
Gavin Floyd struck out four batters and allowed one unearned run. (AP)

Righty two outs away

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
After a 7 1/3-innings close call on April 12, Gavin Floyd again put himself on the precipice of a no-hitter on Tuesday, entering the ninth without having allowed a hit. But with one out, the Twins' Joe Mauer hit a double, ending Floyd's bid, though the White Sox won the contest.
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White Sox 7, Twins 1

MinnesotaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Gomez, CF4000010.261
Harris, 2B3000110.262
Mauer, C2110200.337
Morneau, 1B4000003.274
Cuddyer, RF4000015.259
Kubel, DH2001010.241
Young, LF3000011.256
Lamb, 3B3000000.209
Everett, SS3000000.162
Totals28111359 

BATTING
2B: Mauer (9, Floyd).
TB: Mauer 2.
RBI: Kubel (18).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cuddyer 2.
SF: Kubel.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Gomez (2, throw), Lamb (3, throw).
 
Chi White SoxABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Cabrera, SS4210103.213
Quentin, LF4122000.284
Thome, DH3000103.207
Konerko, 1B3000103.220
Dye, RF3222101.262
Pierzynski, C4120011.279
Swisher, CF4000003.195
Crede, 3B4021002.252
Uribe, 2B4121011.193
Totals3371164217 

BATTING
2B: Pierzynski (8, Korecky), Crede (6, Korecky).
HR: Dye (4, 6th inning off Blackburn, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Cabrera; Quentin 2; Dye 5; Pierzynski 3; Crede 3; Uribe 2.
RBI: Dye 2 (12), Uribe (10), Quentin 2 (24), Crede (23).
2-out RBI: Dye; Uribe.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pierzynski; Cabrera 2.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Quentin (2, 2nd base by Crain/Mauer), Crede (1, 2nd base by Blackburn/Mauer).

FIELDING
E: Quentin (2, fielding).
 
MinnesotaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Blackburn (L, 2-2)6.06433113.65
Crain 1.03211005.59
Korecky 1.02110104.91
 
Chi White SoxIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Floyd (W, 3-1)8.11103402.50
Jenks 0.20000102.19

Pitches-strikes: Blackburn 92-59, Crain 32-17, Korecky 20-13, Floyd 105-62, Jenks 7-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Blackburn 5-11, Crain 1-1, Korecky 1-1, Floyd 10-11, Jenks 1-0.
Batters faced: Blackburn 26, Crain 6, Korecky 5, Floyd 30, Jenks 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Jenks 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Dana DeMuth. 1B: Lance Barksdale. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Ted Barrett.
Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, L to R.
T: 2:27.
Att: 23,480.
May 6, 2008

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