Chicago White Sox 4
Minnesota Twins 1
The Minnesota Twins dropped their seventh straight game to open the 2016 season, falling to the Chicago White Sox 4-1 at Target Field Monday afternoon. It’s the fifth straight home opening loss for the Twins.
No team has gone 0-7 and made the playoffs in MLB history. 38 have started 0-7, and 2 have finished with winning records, per @baseball_ref.
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) April 11, 2016
1. Gibson off target
Twins starter Kyle Gibson (0-2) didn’t have his best stuff, but he battled through 5.2 innings. Gibson allowed 3 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits, while walking 3 and striking out 3.
Gibson walks Eaton, and that's all for Gibson. One out shy of qualifying for a "quality start'. Ryan Pressly in
— LaVelle E. Neal III (@LaVelleNeal) April 11, 2016
2. Cold opener
Cool temperatures at Target Field in April are nothing new for the Twins or their fans. But a hearty sellout crowd of more than 40,000 braved temperatures in the low 40s, with a cold northwest wind gusting between 15 and 30 mph.
Sellout crowd: 40,638
— Mike BerardinoNDI (@MikeBerardino) April 11, 2016
3. Bats stay silent
Minnesota’s struggles at the plate continued on Monday. Minnesota put together just 6 hits, and the strikeouts continued to pile up – especially for young slugger Miguel Sano.
Miguel Sano: 22 ABs, 13 Ks (two today), 3 hits, all singles (none today). Rough go for these young #MNTwins.
— Patrick Borzi (@BorzMN) April 11, 2016
Making matters worse, the Twins were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and stranded 14 runners on base.
Tweet of day:
How did you stay warm at Target Field?
https://twitter.com/dpsav/status/719645004960911360
Up Next:
The Twins are off Tuesday to regroup. Phil Hughes (0-1) will take the mound on Wednesday against Chicago’s young lefty Carlos Rodon (0-1).
