The Minnesota Twins closed out their series against the Chicago White Sox on Peacock at Rate Field on Sunday night, and the matchup turned into a one-sided slog in a 10-1 White Sox win.
It started as a strange pitching setup on both sides. Chicago used a bullpen game, while Minnesota handed the ball to Bailey Ober. For a while, that combination produced almost nothing: four and a half scoreless innings before the game finally cracked open.
The White Sox got the first breakthrough in the fifth. Sam Antonacci doubled to open the inning, then Munetaka Murakami followed with another double to make it 1-0.
With Ober’s pitch count climbing and his 80 mph repertoire apparently not something the Twins wanted to keep exposing to Chicago’s lineup, Derek Shelton turned to Kody Funderburk. Funderburk walked the first batter he faced, but settled in after that.
Minnesota’s offense, meanwhile, was stuck in neutral. Through six innings, the Twins had managed just two hits.
Chicago added to the lead in the sixth. Tristan Peters doubled, Andrew Morris came in and walked Chase Meidroth, and then Antonacci rolled a dribbler up the middle past Kody Clemens to score two more runs. That made it 3-0.
After Murakami was intentionally walked, Randal Grichuk followed with a single to left that brought Antonacci home and pushed the lead to 4-0.
The Twins finally got on the board before the seventh-inning stretch when Brooks Lee launched a 425-foot homer to right-center. That cut it to 4-1, but the White Sox quickly shut down any chance of a real push.
Taylor Rogers entered with the bases empty and left with them loaded, and Garrett Acton immediately made things worse by walking Miguel Vargas to force in another run. Chicago led 5-1.
The eighth inning turned into more damage. Grichuk homered, Peters added a ground-rule double, and the White Sox made it 7-1. Tommy Nance then came on and allowed a three-run homer to Kyle Teel, finishing the scoring at 10-1.
Chicago finished the night with the comfortable win, while the Twins’ even fringe-hopeful competitive portion of the 2026 season ended the night before Labor Day.
Lewis finished with one hit and made several strong plays at first base.
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