Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox

· Doubleheader - Game 1

Minnesota Twins

52-40, 25-22 Away

Final
1 - 3

Chicago White Sox

27-67, 17-30 Home

Robert hits 2-run homer, White Sox finally beat AL-Central rival Twins, 3-1 in doubleheader opener

Erick Fedde (7-3) delivered five scoreless innings and the bullpen hung on to give Chicago its first win over its AL Central rivals in nine tries this season.

Matt Wallner homered and All-Star Carlos Correa went 3 for 4 to extend his hitting streak to 11 games for the Twins, who saw a three-game winning streak end.

Bailey Ober (8-5) faced the minimum through four innings — his lone walk was wiped out by a double play — but Gavin Sheets led off the fifth with a double and later came home on a Paul DeJong sacrifice fly. Andrew Vaughn doubled in the sixth and scored four pitches later when Robert sent his 11th home run into the center-field bleachers.

“That was kind of right into his bat path,” Ober said of Robert’s big hit. “That was the biggest mistake I had.”

Wallner connected off Jordan Leasure in the seventh to end Chicago’s shutout bid.

Michael Kopech, the last of four White Sox relievers, threw a nine-pitch, three-strikeout ninth for his ninth save.

“I didn’t expect it to be in that manner, but it was pretty fun,” said Kopech, who threw the first immaculate inning of his career.

Ober, who’d won three of his last four starts, surrendered four hits and walked one while striking out five in the first six innings.

Fedde allowed four hits, struck out five and walked two in five scoreless innings to help the White Sox end a three-game skid.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins: RHP Brock Stewart (shoulder tendinitis) threw an inning Tuesday night in his first rehab start with Triple-A St. Paul. He’s been on the 60-day injured list since May 2. ... Added RHP David Festa as the doubleheader’s 27th man.

White Sox: Tabbed LHP Jake Eder as their 27th man.

Minnesota’s Pablo López (8-7, 5.18 ERA) faces fellow right-hander Drew Thorpe (3-1, 3.71) in the second game of the doubleheader. The game was postponed after Tuesday night’s persistent rain in the area.

Twins: RHP Joe Ryan (6-5, 3.29 ERA) will start Friday night’s series opener at San Francisco. The Giants have not yet named a starter.

White Sox: The club starts a weekend series against visiting Pittsburgh on Friday night. Neither team has named starters.

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TV Channel: Twins at White Sox 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLBN.
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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 40.0%

Twins: 60.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kepler struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kepler hit for Margot
	9th Inning	Wallner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lee struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Kopech relieved Brebbia
	9th Inning	Julks in right field.

Statistics

MIN		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	26
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	4
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	112
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	9
35	Plate Appearances	28
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.9	Runs Created	1.2
.182	Batting Average	.154
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.346
.152	Secondary Average	.231
.229	On Base Percentage	.179
.501	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.525
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.4
13.0	Batter Rating	23.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	26.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.091	Isolated Power	.192
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.036
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.077
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
67.0	MLB Rating	70.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0