White Sox Edge Twins in 3‑1 Afternoon Contest

CHICAGO (Interstat) — The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Monday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field, improving to 27-26.

Chicago tied the game in the first inning after Minnesota scored once, then grabbed the lead for good in the second. Drew Romo hit a two-run homer, his fifth, scoring Tristan Peters to make it 3-1.

Anthony Kay (4-1) earned the win, allowing one earned run on five hits with five strikeouts over six innings. Seranthony Domínguez recorded his 11th save. Zebby Matthews (1-2) took the loss.

Munetaka Murakami homered and drove in a run, while Chase Meidroth went 2-for-4. Minnesota managed seven hits but stranded several runners.

Attendance was 30,114, and the game lasted 2 hours, 19 minutes. The Twins fell to 26-28.