Minnesota Twins’ Collapse Allows White Sox to End Historic 205-Game Streak
Chicago hadn’t won a game when trailing after eight innings in several seasons, but the Minnesota Twins’ late-game meltdown on Wednesday night at Target Field allowed the White Sox to break that frustrating streak. 
The White Sox snapped one of baseball’s most notorious streaks on Wednesday, rallying for a 4-3 victory with three runs in the ninth inning against the struggling Minnesota Twins.
Chicago had gone 205 straight games without winning when trailing after the eighth inning, including 72 losses this season. However, in a dramatic turn of events on Wednesday night, the White Sox found themselves down 3-1 entering the ninth at Target Field in Minneapolis. But with two outs in the inning, they scored three runs off Minnesota relievers Kody Funderburk and Justin Topa.
Funderburk started the inning by getting Colson Montgomery to pop out but then allowed a single and a walk. Topa came in to replace him and struck out the first batter he faced, leaving the White Sox with just one out left to avoid another defeat.
Brooks Baldwin’s RBI single made it 3-2, and then former Twins center fielder Michael A. Taylor hit a two-out, two-run double to give Chicago a 4-3 lead.
Minnesota tried to respond in the bottom of the ninth with a double from Byron Buxton and a walk by Trevor Larnach, putting two runners on with no outs. But Luke Keaschall lined out, James Outman popped out, and Ryan Jeffers grounded out, sealing the White Sox victory.
The announced attendance at Target Field was just 11,904, marking the second consecutive game with a crowd under 12,000. The previous night, the Twins set a new low for paid September attendance at the ballpark. Of course, the actual number of fans in attendance was clearly smaller than the paid total, as seen from the view behind home plate.
At 62-77, the Twins are now 15 games under .500, their worst record of the season, and sit as the fourth-worst team in Major League Baseball. Only the Colorado Rockies (39-101), White Sox (52-88), and Washington Nationals (56-83) have worse records.
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