After destroying the competition during the first six week of the season (including going 6-0 against the Twins), the White Sox have crashed to earth and have struggled to maintain a .500 record.  Boo Hoo.

Tonight begins a 3 game series at The Cell.  Gibby and his 6.05 ERA looking for his first win of the season.

First Pitch - 12:05 p.m. CDT

Tyler Duffy (2-6, 6.18 ERA, 1.445 WHIP)
Nathan Eovaldi (6-4, 5.02 ERA, 1.351 WHIP)

Twenty games out of first place in the division before the All-Star break is pretty bad. There's no coming back with that albatross around your neck. But even in failure there's opportunity, if only the FO would see it. The past is written and the present is a cluster[redacted], so you have to look to the future and let the kids play. This year is not a waste if Molitor uses it to give the new nucleus of this team some valuable major league experience. With that in mind, Tyler Duffy will try to shut down the Yankees lineup while Nathan Eovaldi tries the same with ours. Neither pitcher has fared very well on the mound recently, so I expect something less than a pitcher's duel today.

Play ball!

The Twins haven't had a three-game sweep since visiting Seattle back in late May.
The Twins haven't had a four-game winning streak since sweeping LAA and winning the first game against MIL between April 15-18.
In his 15th start, Ricky Nolasco will be the first Twins starter with a chance to win their fourth game of the season.
Right fielder Max Kepler is riding an 8-game hitting streak, and but for an 0-5 showing against LAA on June 13, would be on a 12-game streak.

The Phillies are riding a 9-game (I think) losing streak ... hope the locals can make it 10.

There's a game about to start (thunderstorm delayed) plus I saw this:

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— Glen Perkins (@glenperkins) June 22, 2016

USA in COPA2016 semi-finals tonight against Lionel Messi and the sky blue-striped Argentines.  Can Clint Dempsey continue to have a tournament for the ages?  How many times will Michael Bradley mishandle a simple pass?  Can Jurgy come up with a decent line-up without Bobby Wood and Jermaine Jones?

What?  Twin log?  Oh yeah, Tyler Duffy v. Aaron Nola.  Beautiful night at the ballpark.  Also Ryan Howard brings his .145 average to Target Field, so that's something too.

already losing!