Chicago White Sox hammer Minnesota Twins 9-2 – MLB Recap
Chicago White Sox hammered the Minnesota Twins 9-2 in the third and final game of their three-match regular series encounter on Sunday, September 16 at Target Field in Minnesota.
With this win, the White Sox also won the series 3-0 and improved their winning percentage to .545.
"They're going to be right there, as they are right now, That's a very good baseball team built with a good pitching staff. There are a lot of arms that come out of that pen throwing really hard and they have some starters that have been there done it," Twins' manager Ron Gardenhire said.
White Sox’s batters and pitchers played far better than the Twins and won the game with full authority.
First baseman Adam Dunn scored one run and smashed two hits along with two RBIs on his consistent .495 slugging percentage.
"Seemed to work out perfect, I'm going to be in there tomorrow. That's what I wanted. I wanted to be able to play against those guys and the rest of the season. It worked out," Dunn said.
Right fielder Alex Rios also did well on the plate as he scored two runs and smashed two hits on his three at-bats. He maintained his slugging percentage at .512.
Left fielder Dayan Viciedo also performed well as he scored one run and hammered two hits along with three RBIs. He struck-out once but his .428 slugging percentage showed his class.
Catcher Tyler Flowers added two runs on his two at-bats while he also maintained his slugging percentage at .444.
On the other end, the White Sox pitchers also performed wonderfully and showed their class.
Jake Peavy pitched six innings and received only two runs. He was hammered with four hits and received only one home-run on his consistent 3.26 ERA.
"It's going to be a game with a lot of emotion, we got our hands full,” Peavy said.
Relief pitcher Brian Omogrosso did not received any run on his short spell of one inning. He was smashed with two hits as he also struck-out one Twins’ batter on his 3.46 ERA.
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