MINNESOTA 7, CHICAGO 4 IN CHICAGO (SECOND GAME OF DOUBLEHEADER)

Date:  Friday, June 12.

Batting stars:  Dan Gladden was 1-for-2 with three walks, scoring once and driving in two.  Roy Smalley was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks, scoring once.  Sal Butera was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Juan Berenguer struck out four in 3.1 innings of relief, giving up four hits and no walks.  Keith Atherton retired all four batters he faced, striking out two.

Opposition stars:  Harold Baines was 3-for-5 with a home run (his seventh) and three RBIs.  Jim Winn pitched 3.1 scoreless innings of relief, giving up three hits and five walks while striking out one.  Daryl Boston was 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base (his eleventh), scoring twice.

The game:  Gladden's two-run single capped a four-run second that put the Twins up 4-0.  Baines hit a two-run homer in the third to make it 4-2, but the Twins got the runs back in the fifth on a two-run single by Gary Gaetti.  In the bottom of the fifth, the White Sox scored two on four consecutive singles to make it 6-4 and chase starter Mike Smithson from the game.  Benerguer came in to retire the side and the White Sox only once got the tying run on base after that, getting a pair of two-out singles in the seventh.  The Twins added an insurance run in the ninth on a pair of errors.

Of note:  Gaetti was 2-for-5 with two RBIs...Smalley raised his average to .324...Gene Larkin was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run to make his average .345...Berenguer lowered his ERA to 2.79.  Smithson pitched 4.1 innings, giving up four runs on six hits and three walks while striking out three...Chicago starter Scott Nielsen pitched 4.2 innings, giving up six runs on six hits and three walks while striking out one.

Record:  The Twins were 34-26, in first place, 1.5 games ahead of Kansas City.  They would play .500 the rest of the season, but it would be good enough.

Notes:  Gladden played center, with Kirby Puckett going to the bench...Steve Lombardozzi was the number two hitter...Randy Bush batted third and played right field, with Tom Brunansky moving to left...Larkin played first base, with Kent Hrbek on the bench...Butera caught in place of Tim Laudner.

Player profile:  Daryl Boston was never a full-time player, but he was a part-timer for a long time.  He was a first round draft choice, taken with the seventh pick in 1981.  He was up-and-down between AAA and the majors from 1984-86, always putting up good numbers in AAA but not exactly making the most of his chances in the big leagues.  He spent about one more month in AAA in 1987, but then finally was in the majors to stay.  He was mostly used in center field, but saw significant time in left and occasionally played right field as well.  He had some power and some speed, but not really a lot of either one.  His offensive numbers were for the most part not terrible but not quite good, either.  He always seemed on the verge of putting things together with the White Sox, but never quite got there.  He was waived in late April of 1990 and claimed by the Mets.  He had some decent years for them as a platoon outfielder, posting an OPS in the .760s from 1990-92.  A free agent after that, he signed with Colorado for 1993 and had slightly better numbers, which one would assume is attributable to playing in Colorado.  He signed with the Yankees for 1994 but didn't play much or well for them.  He was in independent ball in 1995 and 1996 then retired as a player.  He has been a coach since then, mostly in the White Sox organization, and was the first base coach for the White Sox in 2016.