White Sox 13, Twins 8: It really wasn’t this close
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just might be reliable, then, well, it isn’t.
In this case, it was starting pitcher J.A. Happ. Signed to be the Twins’ No. 4 starter, he has been Minnesota’s most reliable starter over the first six weeks of the season. Needless to say, Happ came into the game with a 1.93 ERA. When he departed, that thing had ballooned to a 4.29.
The Twins once again scored first, this time on a Nelson Cruz homer that snuck over the fence in left-center field. But Happ, who had yet to give up more than two runs in a start all season, couldn’t hold the line.