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Joe Mauer homered and Trevor Plouffe had an RBI single in Minnesota's four-run first inning off Dylan Axelrod.

Ryan Doumit hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning, leading the Minnesota Twins over the Chicago White Sox 7-5 on Tuesday night.

Ryan Doumit hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning, leading the Minnesota Twins over the Chicago White Sox 7-5 on Tuesday night.

Alex Rios would be highly coveted if the White Sox made him available on the trade market..

For fans of the comfortable White Sox winner, this season won't register as a favorite.

From bad pinch running, to being picked off at second base, to the manager defending his starting catcher, things just seem to be in disarray for this team.

RHP Addison Reed recorded his 20th save on Monday night with a perfect ninth inning.

Closing in on midseason, we'd expect an All-Star to have a WAR of around 2.5. It won't shock anyone that no Chicago position players are at that level.

We are now roughly one month from the 2013 MLB All-Star Game, with two and a half months of the 2013 season now in the books.

Box W:D.Keuchel L:H.Santiago S:J.Veras HR: CWS- A.De Aza HOU- J.Castro Chicago WSox Top 1st - UMPIRES: Home,Jordan Baker; First, Dana DeMuth; Second, Paul Nauert; Third, Doug Eddings; - Alejandro De Aza struck out swinging.

The state of the White Sox is such that in losing a couple of games to the Astros I find myself wishing Houston was still in the national league, and that this was an interleague game.

The White Sox offense has been a work in progress since the start of the 2013 season.

In many ways, last night's 2-1 to the Astros loss summed up the season for the White Sox.

In fact, he's the first White Sox pitcher since at least 1916 to ever strike out 14 batters and suffer the defeat.

The Chicago White Sox are rapidly reaching the point where wholesale changes go from being the worst-case scenario, to a likely reality.

After the Mets' 20-inning, 2-1 loss on Saturday to the mightless Marlins, Matt Harvey has 8 no-decisions in his last 9 starts.

As we enter the middle of June, the Chicago White Sox find themselves in last place in the American League Central and sinking fast.

One of the things that sets Major League Baseball apart from the other major sports in the United States is how the All-Star Game is structured.

MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics have a tough decision to make about Sean Doolittle , their once reliable left-handed setup man.

Dense fog shrouded Chicago baseball on Monday, June 10, 2013, causing delays at U.S. Cellular and difficult playing conditions at Wrigley.