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Thursday, Jun. 29 2:05pm ET
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CHICAGO (AP) -- White Sox manager Jerry Manuel thought there was plenty of blame to go around for Chicago's 10-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. "I thought defensively we didn't play well. We didn't pitch well. We didn't hit," Manuel said. "You always point at pitching, but we were just bad." And Eric Milton was good. Milton improved to 8-2 by allowing five hits in seven innings, and Jay Canizaro had a career-high four hits, including a solo homer, to lead the Twins. Corey Koskie hit a two-run homer, and Ron Coomer and Marcus Jensen each drove in two runs for the Twins, who won for the fifth time in eight games. Minnesota had 16 hits, including three by Midre Cummings, off five Chicago pitchers. The White Sox, coming off 11 wins in 14 games against the New York Yankees and Cleveland, lost two of three to the last-place Twins. It was Chicago's first series loss since May 24-25 against the Yankees. "It's just two games in the middle of 162," White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko said. "If we won the series, I don't think we get anything for winning it. We just have to come back tomorrow. I still wouldn't trade where we are for where anyone else is in the league." Coomer thought winning two of three against the team with the best record in baseball was a big deal. "(The White Sox) had put it to the Yankees, and they put it to Cleveland, and they had really played good baseball," Coomer said. "It's good for a young team like ours to come in and play a team that's on a roll and play them good. Maybe that can help us take another step." Milton is now 5-0 with a 1.72 ERA in five daytime starts. He walked one and struck out six in matching his single-season high of eight wins, set in 1998. Milton won seven games last season. "Double figures (in victories) is something I wanted to shoot for this year," Milton said. "I've had a career high in wins already before the All-Star break. That's a plus. We'll keep going from here." Kip Wells (4-7) lost for the fourth time in five decisions, and Manuel said he'll meet with the staff to decide whether to keep Wells in the rotation. Wells gave up five runs and seven hits in three innings, and has failed to pitch past the fifth inning in four of his last five starts. "I thought he threw the ball well, I thought he had good stuff," Manuel said. "His confidence is a little shaken. I have all the confidence in the world in Kip." Canizaro and Cummings singled to start the Twins' first. Canizaro advanced on a flyout and scored on a wild pitch on ball four to Coomer. Koskie walked to load the bases and Russ Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly to score Cummings. Jensen blooped a double over shortstop Tony Graffanino in shallow center to make it 4-0. Coomer added an RBI single in the second. After an RBI single by Mark Johnson made it 5-1 in the bottom of the second, the Twins added three more runs in the fourth. Canizaro led off against Sean Lowe with his fourth home run. Cummings singled and scored one out later on Coomer's double to go ahead 7-1. Lawton hit an RBI single and Koskie hit his fourth home run in the eighth. Game notesChicago second baseman Ray Durham had to leave the game because he felt a twinge in his left side after a defensive play. ... Wells is 1-3 with a 6.12 ERA over his last six starts. He also dropped to 0-6 in seven daytime starts. ... Koskie, whose career-high 13-game hitting streak ended Wednesday, started a new one with a single in the fourth. ... The Twins are 10-14 in day games. ... Minnesota improved to 5-5 on its current 13-game road trip. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Minnesota Clubhouse Chi. White Sox Clubhouse RECAPS Toronto 12 Tampa Bay 3
Minnesota 10
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