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

"Bailey Ober admits he was a little surprised when Rocco Baldelli told him, after five innings and only 69 pitches, that his outing was over on Monday afternoon. But with "where their lineup was falling and the way our bullpen was set up, I thought it was the best thing for us to go out there and win the game," the manager said."

"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.""

"And for a while, it looked like the early hook might pay off. 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."

Bailey Ober was removed after five innings and 69 pitches, a decision Rocco Baldelli said matched matchup and bullpen considerations. The Twins rallied in the sixth for two runs and added a run in the seventh, with Brooks Lee's single breaking open a tied game. Byron Buxton contributed with a bases-loaded walk, scoring on a wild pitch and throwing error, and a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Colson Montgomery and Chase Meidroth hit early home runs for the White Sox, and consecutive doubles by Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman in the eighth produced the decisive runs. Ober allowed four runs and has yielded 29 home runs in 23 starts.

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