The first time the Twins loaded the bases, Carlos Correa rocked a hard line drive right at second baseman Brooks Baldwin, resulting in a double play. The second time they loaded them, Byron Buxton took a pitch looking to end the inning, a questionable call that did not go the Twins’ way. The third time they did it, Harrison Bader was robbed of a hit by center fielder Luis Robert Jr.
Against a better team, all those runners left on base during the first three innings likely would have spelled trouble. Against the Chicago White Sox, it just meant that the Twins broke the game open a little later than they would have otherwise. The Twins pulled away from the White Sox in the later innings on Wednesday night at Target Field, winning 6-3.
Runs in the third and fourth innings on RBI singles from Ty France and Trevor Larnach gave the Twins a 2-0 lead, one which the White Sox erased an inning later.
Starter David Festa, who had worked around traffic for most of his start, issued a walk and allowed a single to lead off the fifth, spelling the end of his night. Three runs ended up scoring in the inning, giving the White Sox a lead they held ever-so-briefly.
But the Twins, who had no problem putting baserunners on on Wednesday punched back, with a France walk and Ryan Jeffers single setting up Brooks Lee’s RBI knock in the fifth.
And then, they kept punching.
Trevor Larnach, who has been heating up at the plate, hit a ball out to right an inning later, giving the Twins the lead once again in the sixth and in an inning later, Byron Buxton’s fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot, opened up a three-run lead for the Twins.
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