Chicago White Sox finally figure out Milone, Twins

Heading into Saturday night's game at U.S. Cellular Field, the Chicago White Sox were faced with two problems.

First, they were 5-12 against the Twins this season. Second, Minnesota's Tommy Milone was a lifetime 4-0 with a 1.39 ERA in 7 career starts against the Sox.

When the Twins took a 2-0 lead in the first inning thanks to some shoddy pitching from Jose Quintana and poor fielding, it wasn't looking good for the home team.

"The first inning was ugly all the way around," Sox Manager Robin Ventura said. "Pitching, defense, you name it. To bounce back from that was a good sign. (Quintana) is always able to do that, but the first inning didn't leave a good taste in your mouth with how we want to play baseball."

The game took an unexpected turn in the fourth inning when the White Sox sent 13 hitters to the plate and scored 7 runs on 6 hits and 2 errors en route to an 8-2 win over Minnesota.

"(Milone) has been extremely tough," Ventura said. "We got something going in that inning. One of the things we've been looking for is guys getting hits with guys in scoring position, and it all happened in that inning. It just continued to go.

"They made a couple of mistakes there, and we capitalized on them. It's a nice inning, to see them continue to - at-bat after at-bat - put the ball in play and get something out of it."

Trayce Thompson continued his overall impressive play during the outburst, leading off the inning with a double and adding a single later in the fourth.

"We just stuck with it," Thompson said. "Baseball is a game with no clocks. We've all been playing for a long time. We're going to have another game like that I'm sure. Later on in the year, we're going to have to battle back like that but there's no quit in these guys. "It was nice to get that inning. It was exciting, the crowd was getting into it and it was a lot of fun. It was a good night."

It was an unusual night because Quintana finally got some run support. Heading into the game, the left-hander was getting 3.6 runs per start, the third lowest total in the American League.

"It's part of the game," Quintana said. "They did a good job. I try to keep the game as close as I can and the hitters try to come back and get runs. Tonight, it was nice to get support. Good for me. The support in just one inning, I felt more confidence and then after that, I tried to come back and tried to get quick innings and get the win."