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Just when it appeared that right- hander Carson Fulmer had turned the corner on a rough start to the season, the Twins broke out the big bats against him.
Fulmer allowed a career- high four home runs ( all solo shots)— including three in the third inning — as Minnesota topped theWhite Sox 6- 4 on Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The Sox fell for the fifth time in six games, and Fulmer, who had yielded two earned runs over his previous two starts, suffered the loss to drop to 2- 2.
“I didn’t make the pitches I wanted to,” Fulmer said. “I just missed some spots, and when you miss some spots to a lineup like that, you’re going to pay for it.”
After the Sox jumped out to a 2- 0 lead courtesy of a two- run blast by Jose Abreu, the Twins tied it in the second on Eduardo Escobar’s first homer of the
game and Ryan LaMarre’s runscoring single. In the third, Brian Dozier ( 3- for- 5), Escobar ( 3- for- 4, three RBI) and LoganMorrison launched homers off Fulmer. The Sox clawed back to 5- 4 on a runscoring groundout by Abreu ( 3for- 4, three RBI) in the third and a homer in the fourth by Leury Garcia, but Escobar struck again with an RBI double in the fifth to complete the scoring.
The Sox had chances to tie or take the lead, but Matt Davidson ended the fifth and seventh innings by making outs with the bases loaded.
Fulmer lasted 3‰ innings and allowed five runs— four earned— and seven hits. Jose Berrios picked up the win for the Twins.
Hobbling
Second baseman YoanMoncada left the game in the fifth inning with tightness in his left hamstring.
After drawing a one- out walk, Moncada went halfway to second base on a Yolmer Sanchez ( three hits, two runs scored) flyout to center field and returned
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The pitchers: Lance Lynn ( 0- 3, 8.37 ERA) vs. Hector Santiago ( 0- 0, 3.48). to first gingerly before leaving.
“I don’t think it’s anything serious, but it’s something that is there,” Moncada said. “I can’t playmy game. I can’t play free because I feel it when I’mrunning.”
Moncada added that some time offmight be in order to fully recover.
“With two, three, four days off, I will be able to get a rest and recuperate that area and then maybe I can come back 100 percent healthy,” he said.
Fry guy
The Sox recalled left- hander
Jace Fry from Class AAA Charlotte and optioned right- hander
Juan Minaya to the Knights. Fry, 24, was 0- 0with a 1.35 ERA and 11 strikeouts in five appearances with Charlotte. Fry made 11 appearances with the Sox in 2017 and finished with a 10.80 ERA.
Fry said the ’ 17 stint helped his preparation for this season.
“Getting the feet wet and learning from last year, [ I saw] I was maybe trying to do too much,” said Fry, who pitched a scoreless inning against the Twins. “[ I’ll] just stay withinmyself, get ahead of hitters [ and] execute.”
Farquhar update
Jake Odorizzi and Morrison of the Twins reportedly visited Sox reliever Danny Farquhar before the game. Farquhar remains hospitalized after suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm during an April 20 game at Guaranteed Rate Field. “Danny’s doing fine,” manager
Rick Renteria said. “Things are moving along in a positivemanner.”