CHICAGO — A day after the Chicago White Sox spoiled rookie Mick Abel’s Twins’ debut, they dealt Taj Bradley the same treatment. Bradley’s first inning as a Twin included four straight singles to begin the game, plus another one later in the first inning, at which point the Twins were already down by three runs.

His second inning didn’t get much better, surrendering four runs, including a long blast to Colson Montgomery, who tagged Abel for a grand slam a day earlier. By the time the first two innings were over, the Twins were down seven runs on their way to a 8-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon at Rate Field.

Bradley settled in after that, sending the final 10 batters he faced down in order in what turned into a five-inning start. But it was a tough debut for the starter, whom they acquired at the trade deadline for Griffin Jax and whom they expect to figure into their future moving forward.

The starter received no offensive backing behind him in the loss. Though the Twins only went down 1-2-3 twice in the game and had runners on base nearly all day, they couldn’t convert on those opportunities, leaving nine on base and finishing the day 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position. They finished the day with 10 strikeouts.

With the loss, the Twins have now dropped five of their past six games to the Athletics and White Sox, two teams who are among the worst in the American League.

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