The White Sox lost 9-7 to the Minnesota Twins after several key mistakes and a decisive grand slam. A first-inning misplay allowed Luis Robert Jr. to reach and saw Kyle Teel thrown out trying to score from second. Manager Will Venable said the team had discussed the wheeling play and called the attempt overly aggressive in that situation. Teel noted many teams use the maneuver to catch opponents off guard. Aaron Civale began with three scoreless innings but loaded the bases in the fourth and surrendered a 386-foot grand slam to Royce Lewis, giving the Twins a 4-1 lead.
The first notable slip-up came in the first inning. Luis Robert Jr. hit a ground ball to shortstop Brooks Lee, whose throw pulled first baseman Edouard Julien off the bag and allowed Robert to reach safely. White Sox catcher Kyle Teel began the play on second base and tried to come all the way around to score, but he was nabbed several steps before reaching home plate for the inning-ending out.
"That's something that we've talked about with two outs in certain situations, wheeling that runner at second base," White Sox manager Will Venable said. "In that case with Luis, who can beat out that ball even on a good throw, you know, you don't want to do it there. It's something we talked about and corrected. Yeah, so just being overly aggressive there, in different situations we do like that play just not in that one with Luis on that ball."
White Sox starter Aaron Civale worked three scoreless innings to begin Friday's outing, and he was one strike away from getting out of the fourth during two separate at-bats. Instead, he allowed a single to Brooks Lee and walked James Outman in back-to-back at-bats with two strikes to load the bases. And one pitch later, Royce Lewis drove Civale's cutter 386 feet for a grand slam to give the Twins a 4-1 lead.
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