Twins give up two in the eighth, fall to White Sox

"The Twins rallied in the sixth inning for a pair of runs and tacked on another one in the seventh inning, using a Brooks Lee single to left to break open a tied game. But in the eighth, consecutive doubles from Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman added up to a pair of runs for Chicago, sinking the Twins in their 6-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox in the series opener at Target Field."

"The Twins (62-75) did come back after falling into a three-run hole early when Colson Montgomery hit a leadoff home run in the second inning to get the White Sox (50-88) on the board in the second inning. A few batters later, Chase Meidroth took Ober deep, as well. The longball continued to bite Ober, who has now given up 29 of them in 23 starts this season. "It's frustrating," Ober said. "Just mistakes right now are getting hit.""

Bailey Ober left after five innings and 69 pitches when manager Rocco Baldelli made an early hook. The Twins rallied in the sixth and scored again in the seventh on a Brooks Lee single to take the lead. Consecutive eighth-inning doubles by Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman gave the White Sox a 6-5 lead that held. Ober allowed four runs and has given up 29 home runs in 23 starts. Byron Buxton, Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee provided offense, but the Twins could not hold the late lead and lost the series opener at Target Field.

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