June 25--The summary
The Twins continued to give left-hander Chris Sale a hard time this season, going on three-run surges in the fourth (three doubles) and seventh innings for a 6-1 victory over the White Sox on Wednesday at Target Field.
At the plate
Adam LaRoche gave Sale a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a home run off right-hander Phil Hughes.
On the mound
Sale recorded at least 10 strikeouts for the seventh straight start, but missed becoming the first pitcher in major-league history to record 12 or more in six straight starts. The Twins snapped Sale's streak of 38 consecutive innings with at least one strikeout.
In the field
The Sox had three errors, including Adam Eaton's two-base fielding error that allowed the Twins to score a run in the seventh.
Key number
17 -- Earned runs Sale has given up to the Twins this season. Sale has allowed 32 total.
The quote
"I have one job to do, and that's get as far into a game and keep it to as (few) runs as I can. I didn't quite do that today." -- Sale on if he was thinking about the record
The quote II
"We have to play better behind him and make plays. I don't want to say we fall asleep at times because he strikes so many guys out with swing-and-miss pitches, but we have to be ready to field the ball when it comes to us. From that standpoint, we need to step it up." -- Eaton
Up next
At Tigers, 12:08 p.m. Thursday, WGN-9.
-- Colleen Kane
