CHICAGO – The Twins haven’t even played a game in April, and they already descended into one of the lowest points imaginable to begin a season.

Facing a Chicago White Sox team that lost a record 121 games last year, the Twins were embarrassed in a 9-0 loss Monday at Rate Field.

Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa were pulled for pinch hitters in the fourth inning because the game was already out of reach. The Twins didn’t record a hit in six innings against journeyman starter Martín Pérez, the ex-Twin who tied a career high with nine strikeouts.

Chris Paddack lasted 3⅓ innings in his season debut, matching his career highs for the most runs (nine), earned runs (nine), walks (four) and homers (three) he’s allowed in a start. The Twins even used a position player — Willi Castro — to pitch in the eighth inning.

Through the first four games of the season, the Twins have been outscored 28-6 and they’ve completed only one inning with a lead.

“It’s not about losing the games, it’s about the way we’re playing collectively right now,” Correa said after the Twins dropped to 0-4, the fifth time in Twins history they lost their first four games.

“We’ve got to get better. We’ve got to make adjustments quick because the last thing you want is to go two weeks and this keeps dragging.”

There was no silver linings Monday. The offense totaled two hits. They struck out 13 times and never had a runner reach third base. They’re batting .143 as a team with a league-low .206 on-base percentage and .436 OPS.