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August 30, 2026 · AL Cent

Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins

August 30, 2026Target FieldOvercast 85°F · 8 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
72-64
1
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
65-72
5

Game Highlights

Published August 30, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

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

Box score

  123456789 R
CWS 000000001 1
MIN 301000100 5

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

White Sox AWAY 1

White Sox opened with Jordan Hicks, then turned the bulk of the game over to Tyler Gilbert. Out of the bullpen, José Urquidy took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jordan Hicks Opener 0.2 25 3 1 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jordan Hicks threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 60% 5.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 13 52% 1 2 2 7 1
    Sweeper 7 28% 1 1 1 4 0
    Sinker 4 16% 0 2 0 1 1
    Splitter 1 4% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Tyler Gilbert Bulk 2.1 40 1 1 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • José Urquidy Middle 5.0 67 1 1
Twins HOME 5

Zebby Matthews started for Twins, leaving with a 5–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Zebby Matthews Starter 8.1 103 1 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Zebby Matthews threw
    CSW 18% 1st-pitch strike 57% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 36 35% 3 7 11 9 6
    Cutter 26 25% 2 2 8 7 7
    Changeup 17 17% 1 1 0 9 6
    Slider 14 14% 1 0 3 6 4
    Curveball 8 8% 0 2 1 4 1
    Sinker 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Jeff Hoffman Setup 0.2 13 0 0 inherited 2, 1 scored

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 1st · off Hicks
  • Bell 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CWS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Sam Antonacci 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .269 .365 .394 .759 2B
Munetaka Murakami 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .218 .357 .497 .854
Miguel Vargas 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .249 .363 .490 .853
Andrew Benintendi DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 .309 .433 .742
Braden Montgomery RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .229 .318 .361 .679
Colson Montgomery SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 .289 .426 .715
Tristan Peters LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280 .344 .467 .811
Brenton Doyle CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .268 .305 .573
Drew Romo C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .145 .232 .295 .527
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Luke Keaschall RF 3 1 2 1 1 0 .274 .364 .390 .754 HR (9)
Brooks Lee 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .248 .300 .439 .739
Kody Clemens LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .293 .459 .752
Ryan Jeffers C 3 2 1 0 1 0 .270 .375 .464 .839 2B
Josh Bell DH 4 1 2 2 0 0 .255 .318 .421 .739 SB
Royce Lewis 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .299 .396 .695
Kaelen Culpepper SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 .313 .365 .478 .843
Walker Jenkins CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .333 .633
Trevor Larnach LF 4 0 1 2 0 1 .266 .348 .424 .772 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · CWS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jordan Hicks 0.2 1 3 3 2 1 0 25 4.43 L
Tyler Gilbert 2.1 5 1 1 0 1 0 40 12.00
José Urquidy 5.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 67 5.63
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Zebby Matthews 8.1 5 1 1 0 5 0 103 4.58 W
Jeff Hoffman 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.97

Manager comparison

AWAY · CWS
Will Venable
Lineup 6.0 R Bunts 3.4 R IBBs 3.2 R
HOME · MIN
Derek Shelton
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.2 R IBBs 3.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · CWS
5-5 W2 +3 run diff
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HOME · MIN
4-6 W1 -11 run diff
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Season series: 4-2 with CWS listed first across 6 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.