2007 State of the Sox

July 6: Twins 12, White Sox 0

One could make the argument that this game had an uglier start than the first half of the doubleheader, even though the Twins only held a 3-0 lead after the first inning, instead of a four-run advantage.

Gavin Floyd started his White Sox career by walking Michael Cuddyer, who went 0-for-6 in Game 1, with two outs to face Justin Morneau.  Morneau promptly crushed a hanging 1-2 curveball into the Bullpen Sports Bar, the first of his three homers on the day.

In the top of the first, Jerry Owens led off the game with a single, but then was thrown out leaving early on a stolen base attempt.  He looked like he thought Matt Garza had delivered the pitch, but Garza had done no such thing.  In fact, he just stepped off the rubber and threw to second in time to nab Owens.

For good measure, Jim Thome conked Mike Redmond on the head when he let go of the bat on his follow through, drawing blood and forcing Redmond out of the game.  Joe Mauer, the designated hitter, replaced him, and the Twins lost their DH.

As it turned out, the Twins were fine with eight hitters.  In fact, they would've been fine with no hitters.  Matt Garza, Matt Guerrier and Joe Nathan shut down the Sox, and Floyd would give up four homers on the night.  Boone Logan was shelled for five runs in his 2/3 of an inning and Matt Thornton was also hit hard.  Bobby Jenks managed to get a 1-2-3 inning to stop the pain.

The Sox did have a couple of hitters reach scoring position, but they managed to spoil the opportunity each time.  Paul Konerko led off the second with a double and advanced to third on A.J. Pierzynski's groundout, but Jermaine Dye popped out feebly.  He's now 8-for-18 in driving in the runner from third with less than two outs.

Tadahito Iguchi also led off an inning with a double, but was doubled off when he misread a soft liner to short.

Record: 37-47 | Box score | Play-by-play