Important Stuff from the 4-3 loss to the Twins that happened during the HOF induction

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The White Sox took the lead while Frank Thomas was reciting his love poem to baseball, so they got the thematic punch down in an otherwise miserable day where they were again mystified by Yohan Pinto and left the tying run at third despite having three cracks to make contact compelling enough to bring Leury Garcia home in the ninth. An entire weekend without getting Twain'd is just too much to ask. This day gave us the Frank Thomas speech, already. Don't be selfish. They lost 4-3, in case you wondered.

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Twins win The Yohan Pino game

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The eighth inning did not go so smoothly for the White Sox in Minnesota, to be honest. There are quibbles, per usual, with sticking with Jake Petricka with no help throughout the tailspin that decided the game, sticking with him as he faced Joe Mauer with the go-ahead run on third, sticking with him after Mauer had doubled the Twins ahead, sticking him as the whiff-starved reliever faced a bases loaded scenario, and sticking with him as moths descended on Target Field to devour the populace as their home team won 4-2.

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What On Earth Is A Yohan Pino? - Game Preview & Lineups 6/19

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The White Sox's offense was impressive in a brief two-game series against the National League's best.

Facing Matt Cain and Tim Hudson, the White Sox managed 15 runs in a pair of victories against the San Francisco Giants, a welcomed rebound from last weekend's sweep at the hands of the suddenly juggernaut Kansas City Royals. (Wait, what?)

What looms ahead as the White Sox look to claw their way back to the .500 mark is an 11-game road trip that begins at 7:10 p.m. Thursday night against the Minnesota Twins and Yohan Pino, a 30-year-old Venezuelan making his Major League debut.

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