CHICAGO White Sox (31-40) AT MINNESOTA TWINS (39-33) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 – TARGET FIELD – MINNEAPOLIS, MN FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB WINNING PITCHER: Hughes (6‐6, 4.20) White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3 6 LOSING PITCHER: Sale (6‐4, 3.02) Twins 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 10 0 5 SAVE: None FIRST PITCH: 12:10 GAME TIME TEMP: 74 degrees, wind from the S‐SW at 6 mph TIME OF GAME: 2:19 ATTENDANCE: 28,854 HOME RUNS: None PITCHING LINES: WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR WP PITCHES/K NEXT GAME: Chris Sale (L, 6‐4) 6.2 8 6 5 1 10 0 0 111/80 Daniel Webb 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/7 Twins at Brewers Friday, June 26 – 7:10 pm (CDT) TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR WP PITCHES/K ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Phil Hughes (W, 6‐6) 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 0 95/71 RHP Trevor May (4‐5, 4.03) Blaine Boyer 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/5 vs. RHP Kyle Lohse (3‐9, 6.30) WHITE SOX NOTES: THE WHITE SOX have lost four of their last five series after falling to the Twins 6‐1 this afternoon…they have dropped eight of their last nine road games to fall to 13‐25 away from U.S. Cellular Field this season…Chicago is now 4‐9 against the Twins this season and 26‐28 all‐time at Target Field…they are now 7‐33 when they score three‐or‐less runs compared to 28‐11 when they score three‐or‐more. CHRIS SALE took his third consecutive loss to the Twins, going 6.2 innings and allowing six runs (5 earned) on eight hits with one walk and 10 strikeouts…he is 1‐3 with a 6.46 ERA (23.2 IP, 17 ER) in four starts against the Twins this year…in fact, 17 of his 32 earned runs allowed this season have come to Minnesota…Sale’s consecutive innings with at least one strikeout was snapped at 38.0 innings when he failed to record a strikeout in the fourth inning, and his streak is the longest in baseball since Minnesota’s Johan Santana struck out one hitter in 39 straight innings in 2002…this was his seventh straight game with 10‐plus strikeouts, becoming the first pitcher to do so since Randy Johnson also had seven straight games of 10‐or‐more strikeouts from April 13‐May 13, 2011…he had the 26th double‐digit strikeout game of his career, extending the franchise record. ADAM LAROCHE (3‐for‐4) hit his ninth homer of the season to lead off the second inning…it was his fourth RBI in the last five game after having just two in his previous 15 games…all nine of his homers have come off right‐handers, and 202 of his 252 in his career have been against right‐ handers…LaRoche had a hit in every game of the series, including two multi‐hit games, finishing .545 (6‐for‐11) with three RBI…he had his third three‐hit game of the season, and his first with three extra‐base hits. ADAM EATON (2‐for‐4) recorded his 17th multi‐hit game of the season with a single and triple…he has a hit in 10 of his last 12 road games, batting .348 (16‐for‐46) in that stretch. TWINS NOTES: THE TWINS have won three consecutive series against the White Sox and 14 series overall on the year…Minnesota has gone 9‐4 against the Sox, including going 6‐1 at Target Field…they have outscored the Sox 78‐35 this season, 52‐17 at Target Field…the Twins finished 5‐3 on their homestand, and have now gone 25‐15 at home this season…they are 15‐9 in series finales and 6‐4 in rubber games...seven of the nine Twins starters had a hit, while eight of the nine reached base. PHIL HUGHES recorded his second straight win after tying a season‐high by going 8.0 innings and giving up one run on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts…the only run he allowed came on an Adam LaRoche home run…in fact, in between the Anthony Rizzo’s home run in the fourth inning June 19 and the LaRoche home run today he gave up in the second inning, he retired 18 straight batters, the most consecutive hitters retired by a Twin this season…Hughes, who was celebrating his 29th birthday today, has a 2.43 ERA (29.2 IP, 8 ER) with four quality starts over his last four starts…he went 8.0‐or‐more innings, giving up no more than one earned run for the eighth time in his career…Hughes has gone 8.0 innings in consecutive starts for the first time since July 1‐7, 2012 when he also went 8.0 innings in starts against the Indians and White Sox. BRIAN DOZIER (2‐for‐4) hit his 100th career double in the fourth inning…with 23 doubles through 71 games, Dozier is on pace for 52 this season; Justin Morneau’s 47 doubles in 2008 are the most any Twin has hit in a single season…he later scored his 56th run of the season that inning, which is second among all MLB players…he is on pace for 127 runs this season…Dozier and Todd Frazier are the only players in baseball this year with 20‐or‐more doubles and 50‐or‐more runs scored. TORII HUNTER (1‐for‐4) doubled home the Twins first run of the game…he has hit in 11 straight games against the White Sox, batting .333 (16‐ for‐48) against them this season…Hunter has exactly one hit in each of the last six game, marking his fourth streak of hitting in six‐plus games this year, with his season‐high coming from May 20‐June 2 when he hit in 10 straight. SHANE ROBINSON (2‐for‐3) has multiple hit games in three of his last four starts, batting .462 (6‐for‐13) in that stretch…Robinson had just one hit in his previous 20 at‐bats at Target Field…he drove in his first run at home since May 7 against Oakland, a span of 10 games. EDUARDO NUNEZ (1‐for‐4) hit a go‐ahead double in the fourth inning…Nunez has a hit in 10 of his last 12 starts, batting .326 (14‐for‐43) with eight extra‐base hits and five RBI. KURT SUZUKI (2‐for‐3) has hit safely in eight of his last nine games, batting .303 (10‐for‐33) in that span…he has an RBI in four straight games. .