Morning Box Score: Sox Swept

By Matt Motyka in News on Jul 30, 2009 3:00PM

The White Sox found themselves on the losing end on another one-run ballgame, this time falling to the Minnesota Twins by the score of 3-2. With runners on second and third and two out in the ninth, the newly acquired Mark Kotsay hit a hard liner right into the glove of Michael Cuddyer to end Chicago's threat. The Sox flashed some power offensively, scoring on home runs by Jayson Nix and Carlos Quentin, yet managed only six hits off the Twins' pitching staff in total. The pair of solo shots was good enough to erase a 2-0 deficit, but the Twins added the third run when Alexi Casilla plated Joe Crede in the sixth. Jose Contreras took the loss for Chicago, surrendering Minnesota's three runs over 5.2 innings on the mound. The Sox head into a tough seven-game stretch on a down note, as they host the Yankees tonight at 7:11.