Twins Overpower White Sox in 6‑4 Comeback Win

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — The Minnesota Twins scored four runs in the fourth inning to erase an early deficit and defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-4 on Tuesday night at Target Field.

The White Sox struck first with a three-run third inning. Chase Meidroth singled, Randal Grichuk doubled and Miguel Vargas drove in both with a single. Edgar Quero followed with a single, but the rally stalled. Minnesota answered in the bottom half when Tristan Gray singled, advanced to third on a bunt single by Alex Jackson and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brooks Lee.

The Twins seized control in the fourth. Trevor Larnach doubled, Austin Martin walked and Luke Keaschall singled to score Larnach. Gray then singled to drive in Martin and Keaschall, tying the game. Jackson singled to bring home Gray, giving Minnesota a 5-3 lead. Byron Buxton singled, but Brooks Lee grounded into a double play to end the inning.

Minnesota added a run in the fifth. Josh Bell walked, Larnach walked and after a lineout, Keaschall singled to score Bell for a 6-3 advantage.

The White Sox cut the lead to 6-4 in the seventh. Luisangel Acuña singled, Jacob Gonzalez singled and Meidroth singled to drive in Acuña. But the rally ended when Randal Grichuk struck out, Miguel Vargas struck out and Colson Montgomery was hit by a pitch before Sam Antonacci struck out.

Connor Prielipp (2-3) earned the win for Minnesota, allowing four runs on six hits over six innings with seven strikeouts. Davis Martin (8-2) took the loss, yielding six runs on nine hits over 4 2/3 innings. Yoendrys Gómez pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with two strikeouts for his fourth save.

Tristan Gray led the Twins with two hits and two RBIs. Alex Jackson also had two hits and an RBI. Brooks Lee added an RBI on the sacrifice fly. Luke Keaschall delivered two hits, including the go-ahead single in the fourth and an RBI single in the fifth. For the White Sox, Miguel Vargas drove in two runs. Chase Meidroth had three hits and an RBI. Luisangel Acuña and Jacob Gonzalez each had two hits.

The Twins grounded into two double plays, limiting the White Sox’s scoring chances. Attendance was 15,358, and the game lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes.

The victory evened the series at one win each after Minnesota’s 9-6 win Monday night. The White Sox fell to 32-29, while the Twins improved to 29-33. The teams will meet Wednesday afternoon in the series finale.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 7-4 White Sox victory, but the Twins exceeded expectations. Interstat’s ELO system gave Minnesota a 52.20 percent probability to win. Chicago had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5, and the final total of 10 runs went under the over-under line of 8.