Manny Bañuelos wasn't as bad as his line makes him look.
You can't tell how bad the White Sox outfield was by the box score.
The Twins did most of their damage not on an array of missiles like they subjected Reynaldo Lopez to on Friday night, but with harmless flies to right. The result was the same, as the Sox suffered another lopsided loss.
Granted, Bañuelos did have control lapses that put runners on, but the outfielders had a hand in getting them home.
Case in point: the first inning. Bañuelos retired the first two, then walked the next two before getting what appeared to be a routine flyout to right. Charlie Tilson parked under it, then drifted back, then dived back for it and came up empty. Two runs scored on the "double," and the Twins had all the runs Kyle Gibson needed.
But that wasn't the only one. After Bañuelos walked Jonathan Schoop to star the fourth, Eddie Rosario got jammed high and tight and muscled a pop-up down the right field line. One problem -- nobody was over there. Yolmer Sanchez and Tilson both tried to make a sliding grab, but they only slid into each other for another tough-luck double.
Then came Cron, who singled to left and took second when Eloy Jiménez overthrew the cut-off man home. That 90 feet mattered because Ehire Adrianza later singled with two outs to score him. García himself airmailed the throw home and allowed Adrianza to move up 90 feet, but that one didn't come into play.
Adrianza took matters into his own hands in the eighth, scoring himself with a three-run homer off Kelvin Herrera, who still doesn't look like his pre-back-spasm self.
As for the White Sox offense, Jose Abreu did the only damage with a first-pitch blast to left off Kyle Gibson. Abreu had two of the Sox' six hits and the only extra-base ones, adding a double later in the game.
Bullet points:
*Bañuelos' line: 4 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K. He did manage to keep the ball in the park.
*Yonder Alonso also had a problem with a pop-up to the right side, with one falling behind him into fair territory down the line. Unlike Tilson, he was charged with an error.
*Alonso bunted for a cheap single against the shift.
*Seby Zavala made his big-league debut, striking out swinging against Blake Parker to end the game.
Record: 23-28 | Box score | Highlights
