CHICAGO — Taj Bradley spent the first couple innings of his Twins’ debut trying to find the strike zone, going fastball-heavy as he worked to establish command of all of his pitches. By the time he was doing so consistently, the game was well out of hand.
Seven runs scored in the first two innings of Bradley’s Twins debut, something which was insurmountable on a day in which the Twins’ offense could not push any runs across. The Twins fell 8-0 to the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field, dropping the series to the only team in the American League with a record worse than their own.
“I had a lot of nerves in the first inning, but it was also a little frustration with the weak contact, the singles, and then not being able to find the zone early on,” Bradley said. “I think the later I got into t