Afternoon Box Score: Twins Blast Sox

By Marcus Gilmer in News on May 21, 2009 9:25PM

Wow. There's not much to really say after a game like this. The Minnesota Twins absolutely clobbered the White Sox 20-1. No, that's not a typo. 20-1. Taking a 1-0 lead into the second inning, the Twins broke it open with seven runs in the second, thanks in part to a three-run homer from Michael Cuddyer; ex-Sox Joe Crede also had a solo shot in the inning. After adding a run in the third and fourth, he Twins kept it up with six runs in the sixth, which included a Joe Mauer grand slam. But the Twins weren't done; for good measure, they added four more in the seventh. The White Sox managed a run in the bottom of the eighth on a Carlos Quentin single...but that was it.

Nick Blackburn got the win for Minnesota with seven shutout innings. As for the Sox, Bartolo Colon threw for two innings and gave up eight runs, yet only one was earned. Lance Broadway gave up six runs (five earned) in 3.1 innings, and Jimmy Gobble was credited with giving up six runs in an inning of work. Only D.J Carrasco went unblemished for the Sox, giving up no runs in 2.2 innings of work. So...how's Chicago looking to Jake Peavy now?