Twins 12 - 0 White Sox
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Twins' Garza makes first start in nightcap of doubleheader

Jul 6, 2007 - 2:41 PM Minnesota (43-41) at Chi White Sox (37-45) 8:11 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Matt Garza will make his much-anticipated first start when the Minnesota Twins visit the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader on Friday.

The teams are playing the doubleheader as part of a make for an April 6 rainout.

Garza (NR) was drafted by Minnesota with the 25th pick of the 2005 draft and is the team's top pitching prospect. Rated as the 21st best prospect by Baseball America, Garza went 4-6 with a 3.92 ERA in 16 starts for Class AAA Rochester.

The 24-year-old righthander was called up on June 28 and made his season debut on Monday by throwing two scoreless innings in relief against New York.

Garza went 3-6 with a 5.76 ERA in 10 games - nine starts - last season. He faced the White Sox in his last start of the season yielding four runs and 2 2/3 innings on September 30.

Minnesota has lost four of five after Thursday's 7-6 loss to New York. Reliever Pat Neshek, who lost out to Boston's Hideki Okajima in the online fan voting for the All-Star Game, allowed a game-tying two-run homer to Hideki Matsui.

Meanwhile, the White Sox are averaging seven runs over its last four games and are coming off an 11-6 win over Baltimore on Thursday.

Gavin Floyd (NR) makes his first appearance since being traded in the deal that sent Freddy Garcia to the Phillies in the offseason. Floyd went 4-3 in 11 starts with a 7.29 ERA for Philadelphia.

Before being called up on Thursday, Floyd was 7-3 with a 3.10 ERA in 15 starts for Class AAA Charlotte.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 12 15 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: MIN - MATT GARZA, MATT GUERRIER (7TH), JOE NATHAN (9TH) AND MIKE
    REDMOND, JOE MAUER (1ST)
    CHA - GAVIN FLOYD, BOONE LOGAN (6TH), MATT THORNTON
    (7TH), BOBBY JENKS (9

    Jul 6 11:15 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE (2ND GAME)
    SINGLE BY LUIS CASTILLO SCORED NICK PUNTO.
    SITUATION: 6 RUNS IN, L CASTILLO ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 12
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J BARTLETT (.260, 1-FOR-4)

    Twins vs. White SoxJul 6 10:42 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE (2ND GAME)
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY JEFF CIRILLO (2) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 7TH OFF BOONE LOGAN SCORED TORII HUNTER AND JASON KUBEL.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 11, CHI WHITE SOX 0
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: N PUNTO (.207, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Twins vs. White SoxJul 6 10:36 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE (2ND GAME)
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JUSTIN MORNEAU (23) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 7TH OFF BOONE LOGAN SCORED JOE MAUER.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 8, CHI WHITE SOX 0
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: T HUNTER (.302, 1-FOR-2, BB, HR, RBI)

    Twins vs. White SoxJul 6 10:35 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE (2ND GAME)
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MICHAEL CUDDYER (10) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 5TH OFF GAVIN FLOYD.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6, CHI WHITE SOX 0
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J MORNEAU (.293, 2-FOR-2, 2 HR, 4 RBI)

    Twins vs. White SoxJul 6 10:25 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE (2ND GAME)
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TORII HUNTER (19) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF GAVIN FLOYD.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 5, CHI WHITE SOX 0
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J KUBEL (.250, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins vs. White SoxJul 6 10:13 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE (2ND GAME)
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JUSTIN MORNEAU (22) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 3RD OFF GAVIN FLOYD.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 4, CHI WHITE SOX 0
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: T HUNTER (.301, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Twins vs. White SoxJul 6 10:13 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 3 3 2 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: MIN - MATT GARZA
    CHA - GAVIN FLOYD

    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J OWENS (.190, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    T IGUCHI (.253, 5 HR, 23 RBI)
    J THOME (.278, 13 HR, 41 RBI)

    Twins vs. White SoxJul 6 8:23 PM

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