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The Minnesota Twins, the leader in the American League Central, are aiming to outperform the Defending Division Champion White Sox on Tuesday, and the team continues the series in Chicago.
The Twins improved to 4-0 against the White Sox this season, winning 6-3, 10 innings on Monday.
Chicago suffered a frustrating defeat and started 15 games against the division's enemies in 14 days. When AJ Pollock jumped into a triple kill, the White Sox tied the game in 2 and started 7th, followed by two runners and no outs. The White Sox's 9th place ended when Adam Engel was thrown in an attempt to steal second base.
Minnesota won their third win in four games, and Chicago finished three consecutive wins.
Twins center fielder Byron Buxton played an important role in the series opener, hitting two runs in the fifth inning and catching save data near the warning track in the center right. The field where triple play started. The latter sequence went down as the first recorded 8-5 triple kill in the history of Major League Baseball.
"I think he likes to be there when it matters," said Twins manager Rocco Baldelli about Baxton. "I think he likes to play in big series. He's a big player."
Luis Arráez hit three times to speed up Minnesota's attack, doubled and go He notched the ahead single and started scoring in 10th place on 4 runs. Arráez is 21 to 10 (.476) in the last five games.
Chicago's right-handed Michael Kopech (2-5, 2.78 ERA) will be called on Tuesday for his first victory since June 7. ..
Pitching to 5.19ERA at the start of June, Kopek abandoned 4 runs, 3 wins, 5 hits, 2 walks and 6 strikeouts on Wednesday's Road Loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
"I started with a few mistakes, but in the end I had to really endure and make tough pitches, but I didn't make those pitches so I used them It was done, "said Kopek. "I have to do a better job of controlling us and sitting a little in the driver's seat.
" I've put the team in a position to fight all night. But I can't continue. "
Kopek is 1-0, scoring 0.75 ERA in six appearances, including two in Minnesota. .. He didn't make a decision on the road start with the Twins on April 22nd, leaving three hits and seven strikeouts in five scoreless innings.
Righty Chris Archer (2-3, 3.08 ERA) will start in Minnesota. Archer made a decision in Cleveland on Thursday, allowing one run and one hit in four innings.
Archer, who gave up two runs and three hits in three undecided innings against Chicago on April 24, was 4-27 ERA in 11 career appearances against the White Sox, including 10 starts. It is 2.
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