That play, coupled with the offense struggling to get anything going against White Sox right-hander Jeff Samardzija after the first inning, ultimately doomed the Twins with the bullpen giving up the go-ahead run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly from Shuck after lefty Aaron Thompson issued a one-out walk to Gordon Beckham.
"I thought tonight could've been seven or eight shutout for me if a few things happened different for me that inning," Hughes said. "But overall, I feel like I've been throwing the ball OK. My stuff has been very mediocre so I've had to rely on location and getting outs that way.