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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Daryl Van Schouwen

Lucas Giolito pitches five scoreless innings, but White Sox suffer brutal loss in 12 innings

White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito throws to the Twins in the second inning Sunday in Minneapolis. (AP) (AP Photos)

MINNEAPOLIS — In what might have been his last start in a White Sox uniform, Lucas Giolito demonstrated why he should be a coveted addition before the Aug. 1 trade deadline by pitching five scoreless innings Sunday in a 5-4 loss to the Twins in 12 innings at Target Field.

And the Sox demonstrated one more time how painful this season has been, blowing a three-run lead in the ninth and getting walked off in the 12th in perhaps the most brutal of their 60 losses (against 41 wins) to complete a three-game sweep by the Twins.

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