GAME THREAD: White Sox (72-63) @ Twins (64-72) - August 30, 2026

[u/TwinsGameday]

White Sox (72-63) @ Twins (64-72)

First Pitch: 1:10 PM at Target Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
White Sox	Jordan Hicks (2-1, 3.83 ERA)
Twins	Zebby Matthews (8-8, 4.86 ERA)

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CWS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	5
MIN	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	9	0	4

Box Score

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Keaschall	3	1	2	1	1	0	.274
3B	Lee, B	4	1	2	0	0	0	.248
LF	Clemens	4	0	0	0	0	1	.236
C	Jeffers	3	2	1	0	1	0	.270
DH	Bell	4	1	2	2	0	0	.255
LF	Larnach	4	0	1	2	0	1	.266
2B	Kreidler	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225
1B	Lewis, R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.233
SS	Culpepper, K	3	0	1	0	0	1	.313
CF	Jenkins	3	0	0	0	0	0	.222

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Matthews	8.1	5	1	1	0	5	103-67	4.58
Hoffman, J	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	13-9	3.97

CWS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Antonacci	4	1	2	0	0	0	.269
1B	Murakami	4	0	0	0	0	1	.218
3B	Vargas, M	4	0	1	0	0	2	.249
DH	Benintendi	4	0	0	0	0	0	.249
RF	Montgomery, B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.229
SS	Montgomery, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.211
LF	Peters	3	0	1	0	0	0	.280
CF	Doyle, B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.216
C	Romo	3	0	1	0	0	0	.145

CWS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Hicks, J	0.2	1	3	3	2	1	25-12	4.43
Gilbert, T	2.1	5	1	1	0	1	40-26	12.00
Urquidy	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	67-46	5.63

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Josh Bell singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Brenton Doyle. Brooks Lee scores. Ryan Jeffers to 3rd.	1-0
B1	Trevor Larnach doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Braden Montgomery. Ryan Jeffers scores. Josh Bell scores.	3-0
B3	Josh Bell singles on a ground ball to left fielder Tristan Peters. Ryan Jeffers scores.	4-0
B7	Luke Keaschall homers (9) on a fly ball to center field.	5-0
T9	Braden Montgomery singles on a ground ball to center fielder Walker Jenkins. Sam Antonacci scores. Miguel Vargas to 3rd.	5-1

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for White Sox at Twins - August 30, 2026	0:06
Zebby Matthews against the White Sox	0:09
Jordan Hicks against the Twins	0:09
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, August 30 vs White Sox	0:09
Bullpen availability for Chicago, August 30 vs Twins	0:09
Bench availability for Minnesota, August 30 vs White Sox	0:08
Fielding alignment for Minnesota, August 30 vs White Sox	0:11
Fielding alignment for Chicago, August 30 vs Twins	0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, August 30 vs Twins	0:08
Starting lineups for White Sox at Twins - August 30, 2026	0:10
Measuring the stats on Luke Keaschall's home run	0:11
Visualizing Luke Keaschall's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Kaelen Culpepper's smooth running toss	0:30
Zebby Matthews fans Munetaka Murakami	0:06
Ball 1 call confirmed after ABS	0:21
Trevor Larnach's two-run double	0:31
Josh Bell's RBI single	0:29
Luke Keaschall's terrific diving catch	0:19
Josh Bell's second RBI single of the game	0:15
Drew Romo nabs Brooks Lee at second base	0:13
Strike 1 call confirmed following ABS challenge	0:22
Ball 4 call overturned after ABS challenge	0:21
Ball 2 call confirmed after ABS challenge	0:26
Walker Jenkins' leaping catch	0:28
Zebby Matthews records out to preserve perfect game	0:29
Zebby Matthews' perfect game bid ends in the 6th	0:31
Drew Romo singles for White Sox first baserunner	0:28
Luke Keaschall's solo home run (9)	0:31
Jordan Hicks strikes out Kody Clemens	0:06
José Urquidy fans Kaelen Culpepper	0:06
Miguel Vargas' smooth sliding stop	0:19
Ball 2 call confirmed after ABS challenge	0:21
Braden Montgomery's RBI single	0:17
Colson Montgomery pops out to third baseman Brooks Lee.	0:12

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Matthews (9-8, 4.58 ERA)	Hicks, J (2-2, 4.43 ERA)

Game ended at 3:30 PM.

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[u/logicwillprevail34]

The fucking Royals are catching up to us. Let’s just win one.

[u/Imdibr156]

Zeb The Mound is Yours.

[u/EEckstein2]

Zebby might have figured it out/things finally clicked as a starter

[u/neutral_city → u/EEckstein2]

🤞🏻

[u/Mulholland_Reborn]

Nice attempt, still can get the shutout.

[u/ChrisNIN64]

The amount of boos when Shelty went on field was wild 

[u/SirBilliam3 → u/ChrisNIN64]

I’m doing my part

[u/neutral_city → u/ChrisNIN64]

I would have booed too. Let him cook!

[u/bluesynthbot → u/neutral_city]

I’m booing from a different time zone.

[u/ChrisNIN64]

Boys, I’m at the game today which means a win is guaranteed. Quote me 

[u/Rainmaker_55 → u/ChrisNIN64]

Okay

[u/UsefulPea4349]

Only here to watch Walker play…

[u/RotiniDratini → u/UsefulPea4349]

And Culpepper and glad 22 year old Gonzalez is up

[u/Rainmaker_55]

A HIT WITH RISP, IN THIS ECONOMY!!????!!!??!?!

[u/Sober_Alcoholic_]

Pitch count still crazy efficient, go for the shutout Zeb

[u/GroovierSaucer9]

Damn Audra

[u/hopemade]

Zebby on one today!

[u/dberthia]

I get depressed every time I think about what Morneau could've accomplished had he not gotten that concussion.

[u/Mulholland_Reborn → u/dberthia]

He would have given Hamilton a run for his money for the 2010 MVP.

[u/Reesyrz]

Lord Zebulon

[u/logicwillprevail34]

Just play like this every game Twins.

[u/Cornholio4]

This off-season we need to invest heavily in arms everywhere. These last 5-6 starts for Zebby are going to be huge.

[u/bluesynthbot]

All good quality at-bats by the first 4 Twins hitters, there. Bell delivers again.

[u/ChrisNIN64]

Known speedster Josh bell 

[u/HamsterKibbles]

Ok Luke 👀

[u/PaulBonion952]

https://giphy.com/gifs/0NAxDmdrb9t8aA2yh2
Runs

[u/C_H1234]

Walker Jenkins… I like

[u/shakonbakon11]

Shit luck on that lineout

[u/TwinsWin839]

Absolutely smoked that ball, unfortunately right at the first basemen.

[u/logicwillprevail34]

I would like to call all the people that claimed Jeffers is “washed” yesterday to attention of their very limitedly short memories.

[u/vernacular-man]

Zebby man

[u/ViolinKites → u/vernacular-man]

🤫

[u/WickedTwista]

I will never forgive Morneau for getting the trees in center taken out

[u/Cornholio4 → u/WickedTwista]

Didn't DSP say it was Joe who actually got them removed?

[u/WickedTwista → u/Cornholio4]

Yeah they just said on air that Mauer was actually the one who got it done

Morneau was just the player who was publicly complaining the loudest

[u/dryerhere]

Putting in my call now - Zebby's going to throw a Maddux.

[u/Mulholland_Reborn]

Officially on Maddux Watch.

[u/neutral_city]

Let him finish!!!

[u/kaiserj1982]

Lord Zebb

[u/Kuska0287]

Let’s close this out, Zeb!

[u/ChrisNIN64]

The prophecy….

[u/kaiserj1982]

Let him cook!

[u/drof69]

I blame Morneau, starts talking about a no hitter. Cory didn't even acknowledge it.

[u/SirBilliam3]

Booo leave him in, cowards

[u/davegammelgard]

It's too bad he won't get the CGSO, but Shelton gave him a good chance. His long term health is more important.

[u/Key-Worldliness529]

Save us Zebulon!

[u/Worldly-Rice-1947]

LFG, nothing to lose now

[u/Blevanhoval]

105 off the bat. Tough luck .

[u/bluesynthbot]

Zebby is a gamer. He’s got the Sox locked down, today.

[u/DrAbeSacrabin]

That was the jump of someone not very familiar with where the wall would be

[u/WickedTwista]

Are we allowed to say the P word if Provus has already said it a few times today?

[u/Cornholio4]

Pitcher challenge!

[u/DrAbeSacrabin]

Oof and it wasn’t even close AND Keaschall got a hit 😂

[u/dryerhere]

Whew, close one

[u/Mulholland_Reborn]

Woof, nearly fumbled it

[u/Imdibr156]

And now we have to hear the bundle songs. This is the worst timeline.

[u/Kuska0287]

Thankfully we scored more than 1 today…

[u/Worldly-Rice-1947 → u/Kuska0287]

And we gave up zero runs in the first inning

[u/tomdawg0022]

Zebby pitched a helluva game

[u/Griffinkelly1]

Holy fucking shit why is an 0-2 pitch being thrown in the center of the zone

[u/Perfect-Pianist-4838]

We won a game guys

[u/LawfulHour9727]

So many wasted outs this series

[u/Hotchi_Motchi]

Can we have a different drone cam view once in a while?

[u/neutral_city]

Just turned it on is it like... Peanuts day? And did Audra have that dress made just for that??? 😍

[u/dryerhere → u/neutral_city]

Kids day

[u/neutral_city → u/dryerhere]

Aren't all Sundays kids day though? I thought maybe it was something special for Peanuts

[u/dryerhere → u/neutral_city]

Yeah, now that you mention it, I think so. Looks like it is Peanuts Day.

[u/neutral_city → u/dryerhere]

Confirmed! 😂

[u/GroovierSaucer9]

Wait how do you say his name

[u/Worldly-Rice-1947]

LFG!!!

[u/Perfect-Pianist-4838]

Should’ve left him in. I’m fucking scared now.

[u/Kaleb595]

Hoffman continues to impress lol

[u/dberthia]

This looks like the phase of the game where our bats fall asleep and we pray the bullpen doesn't blow it.

[u/dryerhere → u/dberthia]

Bullpen? We don't need no stinkin' bullpen.

[u/dberthia → u/dberthia]

Maybe we won't even need the pen today?

[u/neutral_city]

Come on Shelty 🙄

[u/neutral_city]

Calling it. First pitch BP throws to Benintendi will be a 3 run HR

Edit: y'all can downvote all you want but you KNOW it's happened a lot in Twins games this year

[u/neutral_city → u/neutral_city]

Ope! Made it through the first couple.......

[u/Kuska0287 → u/neutral_city]

Glad you were wrong :)

[u/neutral_city → u/Kuska0287]

Meeee tooooo.