Deadspin | Twins hope go back house to stand White Sox will opposite fortunes

The Minnesota Twins hope {that a} go back house can remedy what ails them.

Minnesota is coming off getting swept in a three-game highway sequence in opposition to the Atlanta Braves. The Twins have misplaced 15 of 22 video games to begin the season, and their largest problem has been on the plate.

Now the Twins trip again to Minneapolis to open a three-game sequence in opposition to the Chicago White Sox that begins Tuesday night.

Minnesota hopes to hit reset on a get started that has been anything else however invigorating.

“That was rough,” Twins infielder Brooks Lee stated of the Atlanta sequence. “You see our team, we’re not hitting like we know we can, and even when things do get strung together, we’re not capitalizing.”

With 17 losses in 22 video games, the White Sox are one in all handiest two primary league groups with a worse file than the Twins. The different is the Colorado Rockies, who’re 4-17.

Chicago is coming off a 4-2 loss at the highway in opposition to the Boston Red Sox on Monday. Andrew Benintendi homered, however the White Sox controlled handiest 4 different hits.

The White Sox have misplaced seven in their previous 8 video games.

To make issues worse, Chicago will have to to find somebody so as to add to its rotation after dropping left-hander Martin Perez to an elbow harm. Perez exited his most up-to-date get started on Friday, and on Monday the staff transferred him to the 60-day injured listing.

White Sox supervisor Will Venable stated it used to be too quickly to mission Perez’s long-term outlook.

“We know at least 60 days (that he’ll be out),” Venable stated. “He feels, I think, better than he did after the first day. But (it’s) still too early to really speculate on what this timeline is going to be, so we’ll see here in the next couple of days what we’ve got.”

Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (1-1, 6.16 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for his 5th get started of the season. The 6-foot-9, 260-pound North Carolina local is searching for his 3rd high quality get started in a row after posting robust performances in opposition to the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets.

Ober has made 13 occupation begins in opposition to the White Sox. He is 5-2 with a 3.60 ERA in the ones video games, with 13 walks and 72 strikeouts in 70 innings.

White Sox right-hander Davis Martin (1-2, 4.84 ERA) additionally is ready to make his 5th get started of the season. He is hoping to bop again from a loss on Thursday, when he allowed 4 runs on 8 hits in 5 1/3 innings in opposition to the Athletics.

Martin, 28, has a occupation file of 4-13 with a 4.64 ERA. He has pitched in opposition to the Twins in 3 video games, together with two begins, going 0-2 with an 11.32 ERA in the ones matchups.

This is the second one sequence between the golf equipment this season. The Twins took two video games out of 3 from March 31-April 2 in Chicago.

The White Sox received the outlet sport 9-0 as Andrew Vaughn and Benintendi every hit a three-run homer. The Twins got here again to win the second one sport 8-3 because of a five-run 6th inning, and Minnesota took the rubber fit 6-1, getting all of its runs within the fourth inning.

–Field Level Media