CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Minnesota Twins have a chance to avoid owning the worst record in the major leagues today and end a season-high eight-game losing streak against the Chicago White Sox.

	SEASON SERIES
	Jun. 22 Jun. 23 Jun. 24 Jul. 21 Jul. 22 Sep. 24 Sep. 25 Sep. 26 Sep. 27 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3	at Chi. White Sox 6, Minnesota 1 Minnesota 12, at Chi. White Sox 10 at Chi. White Sox 5, Minnesota 3 Chi. White Sox 6, at Minnesota 3 at Minnesota 3, Chi. White Sox 0 at Minnesota 6, Chi. White Sox 2 Chi. White Sox 13, at Minnesota 4 Chi. White Sox 3, at Minnesota 0 Chi. White Sox 3, at Minnesota 1 at Chi. White Sox 9, Minnesota 8 at Chi. White Sox 6, Minnesota 1 Minnesota at Chi. White Sox, 2:05pm ET

Minnesota suffered its seventh straight loss Saturday, 6-1, and is one-half game behind the Florida Marlins and Kansas City Royals for the worst record in the majors.

The Twins' losing streak is their longest since dropping 10 in a row from September 9-19, 1998.

Left-hander Eric Milton (7-11, 4.58 ERA) goes after his first win since pitching a no-hitter against Anaheim on September 11. He has three no-decisions since his masterpiece but pitched well in his last start, allowing two runs and five hits over seven innings against Detroit.

Milton gave up three runs and nine hits over seven innings in a no-decision against Chicago on July 21.

Chicago has won four straight and seven of its last eight but can do no better than finish four games behind last season's 80-82 finish.

Tanyon Sturtze (NR) makes his first major league appearance in over two years for the White Sox. The 28-year-old righthander last appeared in the majors for Texas on August 18, 1997. Sturtze, who also pitched for the Chicago Cubs, is 2-1 with an 8.47 ERA in 17 major league games.

Sturtze was hit hard in Game Five of the Triple-A World Series last week.

MINNESOTA 10-game log	CHI. WHITE SOX 10-game log
Sep. 27 Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Chi. White Sox Detroit Detroit Detroit @ Chi. White Sox @ Chi. White Sox @ Chi. White Sox L 1-3 L 4-7 L 3-6 L 5-6 L 8-9 L 1-6	Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Boston Boston Boston Boston Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota 1-6 L 2-6 W 4-2 W 5-2 W 9-8 W 6-1

Minnesota regulars

POS

NO

PLAYER

HT

WT

B/T

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

AVG

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

26 25 12 8 7 31 48 11 40

Javier Valentin Doug Mientkiewicz Todd Walker Ron Coomer Denny Hocking Chad Allen Torii Hunter Jacque Jones Marty Cordova

5-10 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-0

192 193 181 206 183 195 205 175 206

B-R L-R L-R R-R B-R R-R R-R L-L R-R

215 324 531 467 384 481 381 320 425

54 74 148 123 102 133 96 93 121

12 21 37 25 18 21 15 24 28

1 3 4 1 2 3 2 2 3

5 2 6 16 7 10 9 9 14

28 32 46 65 41 46 34 44 70

.251 .228 .279 .263 .266 .277 .252 .291 .285

Complete Minnesota roster

Chicago regulars

POS

NO

PLAYER

HT

WT

B/T

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

AVG

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

8 35 5 31 17 45 12 30 14

Brook Fordyce Frank Thomas Ray Durham Greg Norton Mike Caruso Carlos Lee Chris Singleton Magglio Ordonez Paul Konerko

6-1 6-5 5-8 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-3

185 270 180 205 172 220 195 200 211

R-R R-R B-R B-R L-R R-R L-L R-R R-R

331 486 612 436 529 489 495 623 510

98 148 181 111 132 144 149 188 150

25 36 30 26 11 32 31 34 30

1 0 8 0 4 2 6 3 4

9 15 13 16 2 16 17 30 24

49 77 60 50 35 84 72 117 80

.296 .305 .296 .255 .250 .294 .301 .302 .294

Complete Chicago roster

Regulars Statistics source: STATS, Inc.

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