The bat didn’t put a dent in Simeon Woods Richardson’s head, just a scratch on his neck, so things could have been worse for the Twins on Tuesday night. But the righthander’s continued health was just about the only positive they could take from their fourth consecutive loss to the last-place Chicago White Sox, 12-3 at Target Field.
Woods Richardson, staked to a 3-1 lead by his teammates, ducked under Will Robertson’s splintered bat as it zoomed past him on the mound during the fifth inning, then fielded the ground ball that bat produced, turned toward second base as Brooks Baldwin raced toward it, and threw the baseball into center field.
“Yeah, it could’ve been [worse],” Woods Richardson said. “But we also could have gotten the out at second, so we’ve got a lot of could’ve-beens.”
Especially since, two pitches later, White Sox third baseman Bryan Ramos smashed a double off the right-field wall, his first hit of the season, and the score was tied.
“We still have to find ways to get through these innings, even with some unusual things like that. We could get two outs on the play; instead, we get none,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “Those are the kind of things that can snowball toward a game [like this]. That’s how that happens.”
Well, this is how, too: Journeyman reliever Thomas Hatch relieved Woods Richardson in the sixth and over the next two innings surrendered six singles and two home runs, good for six runs and, once Noah Davis allowed three runs, too, the Twins’ second loss by that exact 12-3 score in four days.
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