Twins routed 12-3 in fourth consecutive loss to White Sox

Phil Miller, The Minnesota Star Tribune on Sep 2, 2025

Published in Baseball

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MINNEAPOLIS — The bat didn’t put a dent in Simeon Woods Richardson’s head, so things could have been worse for the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night. But the right-hander’s continued health was just about the only positive they could take from their fourth consecutive loss to the last-place Chicago White Sox, 12-3 at Target Field.

Woods Richardson, staked to a 3-1 lead by his teammates, ducked under Will Robertson’s splintered bat as it zoomed past him on the mound during the fifth inning, then fielded the ground-ball that bat produced, turned toward second base as Brooks Baldwin raced toward it, and threw the baseball into center field.

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. It also dropped the Twins to 35-34 in Minneapolis, and in danger of finishing with a losing record at home for just the second time in nine years.

The Twins managed six hits against Chicago right-hander Davis Martin, and scored three times in his six-inning start. Byron Buxton led off the first inning with his fifth triple of the season, and one pitch later scored on Trevor Larnach’s line-drive single to center field.

Buxton didn’t have another hit and went RBI-free, ending his team-record-tying streak of five straight games with multiple runs batted in.

An inning later, fill-in catcher Mickey Gasper walked and stole second base (though it took a replay challenge to confirm that steal). Ryan Fitzgerald followed with a single to left, and Gasper scored.

The Twins’ final run came in the fourth inning, when Kody Clemens and Austin Martin stroked back-to-back singles, then moved up a base when Davis Martin balked. James Outman walked to load the bases, setting up a play somewhat representative of the Twins’ problems turning bases-loaded situations into big innings.

Gasper hit a fly-ball to left field that allowed Clemens to tag up and score. But Martin, apparently believing Chicago left fielder Andrew Benintendi would throw to the plate, also tagged up and tried to advance. He was an easy out when Benintendi’s throw was to third base, and the inning ended with no further scoring.

The White Sox didn’t have that problem, obviously, though Woods Richardson allowed only one hit — Benintendi’s first of two home runs on the night — through the first four innings. By the end, Benintendi had four hits and five RBIs and the White Sox had four home runs, tying their season high.

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