The Twins lost 12-3 to the Chicago White Sox, marking their fourth straight defeat to the last-place team. Simeon Woods Richardson avoided injury when Will Robertson's broken bat flew past his head; he fielded the resulting ground ball but an ensuing errant throw to center allowed the tying run. Reliever Thomas Hatch surrendered six singles and two home runs over two innings, producing six runs and contributing to a second 12-3 loss in four days. Attendance was 11,721, the smallest September crowd in Target Field history, and the loss dropped the Twins to 35-34 at home.
Two pitches later, White sox third baseman Bryan Ramos smashed a double off the right-field wall, and the game was tied. Not for long, though. Journeyman reliever Thomas Hatch relieved Woods Richardson in the sixth, and over the next two innings surrendered six singles and two home runs, good for six runs and, eventually, the Twins' second loss by that exact 12-3 score in four days.
It's a shame those 300 dogs attending Bark in the Park Night had to watch it. But at least not many people did: The 11,721 in attendance represented the smallest gathering for a September game in Target Field's 16-year history. They witnessed the Twins' fourth loss in a row to the last-place White Sox, who own an 8-25 record of failure against the other three AL Central teams, but are now winning the season series with Minnesota, 6-5 with two to play.
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