A seesaw game turned in the middle innings, with the Minnesota Twins overcoming an early Chicago White Sox lead and holding on for the victory at Rate Field.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| CWS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Jeffers supplied the pivotal offensive blow for Minnesota. His home run in the fifth brought Luke Keaschall and Kaelen Culpepper home, putting the Twins in front and giving their pitching room to protect the margin.
The White Sox struck first when Munetaka Murakami homered and Miguel Vargas scored, followed by Colson Montgomery’s home run. Minnesota answered with Kody Clemens’ force out bringing Kaelen Culpepper home and Brooks Lee’s double bringing Josh Bell across. Miguel Vargas later singled to bring Chase Meidroth home, but Kaelen Culpepper’s double brought Luke Keaschall home in the seventh and extended Minnesota’s lead.
Taj Bradley worked through the middle innings for Minnesota, while Anthony Kay was charged with the loss after Chicago’s early advantage slipped away. Jeff Hoffman, Kody Funderburk, A.J. Minter and Yoendrys Gomez combined to keep the White Sox off the board late, with Gomez closing the game.
The Twins extended their winning streak, while the White Sox saw their losing streak continue. The game belonged to the back-and-forth swings, but Jeffers’ fifth-inning homer gave Minnesota the turn it needed.
Minnesota Twins defeated Chicago White Sox, 6-4.
- Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-4 with 1 home run, 3 RBIs and 1 run scored (batting .271 on the season).
- Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 with 1 home run, 2 RBIs and 1 run scored (batting .211 on the season).
- Colson Montgomery went 1-for-4 with 1 home run, 1 RBI and 1 run scored (batting .213 on the season).
- Taj Bradley allowed 4 runs on 4 hits over 5.0 innings, striking out 6, to earn the win (11-6) (3.95 ERA).
- Anthony Kay allowed 5 runs on 6 hits over 4.1 innings, striking out 3, and took the loss (9-8) (4.47 ERA).
- Yoendrys Gomez allowed 0 runs on 0 hits over 1.0 inning, striking out 1, and closed it out for the save (1) (3.56 ERA).
Chicago White Sox fell to 74-68; Minnesota Twins improved to 68-74.