Early homers, clutch hitting lift Sox to 4-2 victory

Dunn and Viciedo club back-to-back homer in 2nd and Flowers triggers 2-run rally in 8th

May 14, 2013|By Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune reporter

MINNEAPOLIS — Two missed calls and the broken webbing of Adam Dunn's glove that led to another error Tuesday night tested the resiliency of the White Sox.


"I think everybody contributed against some adversity," Jake Peavy said after improving to 5-1 lifetime at Target Field. "Some calls that should have went the other way didn't go our way. When you keep your composure, that's not easy, to win those games shows some character."



Compounding the madness was that the Sox, who went through a 50-minute workout five hours before the game, were charged with their 30th error when a throw from shortstop Alexei Ramirez broke the webbing of Dunn's first baseman's mitt in the sixth.

"If something stupid is going to happen, it's going to happen to me," Dunn said. "So just pile on, bring it on."

Manager Robin Ventura quipped: "We're getting creative with gloves breaking, and you scratch your head. (Fielding is) a focal point. It's important and it's going to stay important, so I don't know if we'll come out here at 8:30 a.m. but I was thinking about it. We're going to continue to go over it until we get it right."


"There's human error in this game," Flowers said. "We did a good job of overcoming that obstacle."



"I went in early (Sunday) and just tried to do almost a complete ground-up overhaul. Tried to throw it against the wall and see what stuck," said Dunn, who now holds his hands higher. "I tried to do a bunch of different things just to jump start something. I came out with something pretty similar and doesn't feel awkward."


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