White Sox pitcher Chris Sale had a terrible outing on the mound in Thursday evening's 12-2 loss to the Twins.
In three innings, Sale gave up nine runs — eight earned — on nine hits. Sale faced a whopping 21 batters in the few innings he was in for. Seven of the nine runs came in the third inning.
"Hitting is contagious. You give a team like that some energy and they are going to roll with it," Sale said after the game, per MLB.com. "That's what they did. They took advantage when they could and they got me."
That was Sale's first loss of the season as he's now 2-1.
Sale's next start is projected for May 6 against the Tigers.