BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Erick Fedde pitched seven scoreless innings and Andrew Benintendi drove in three runs with a home run as the Chicago White Sox routed the Minnesota Twins 8-0 Wednesday afternoon at Target Field.

The White Sox, who had lost the first two games of this four-game series, improved to 33-29. The Twins dropped to 29-34. Fedde earned his first win against five losses, allowing five hits and no walks while striking out six over seven innings. Taj Bradley took the loss, his record falling to 5-2, after allowing four runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Chicago jumped on Bradley immediately. Sam Antonacci led off the game with a sharp line-drive single to center field. Miguel Vargas walked, and Andrew Benintendi followed with a line-drive single to right, loading the bases. Colson Montgomery struck out, but Chase Meidroth walked to force in Antonacci, making it 1-0. Jacob Gonzalez then lined a two-run single to center, scoring Vargas and Benintendi, and Meidroth advanced to third. Tristan Peters grounded into a forceout, but Meidroth scored, and the White Sox led 4-0 after the top of the first.

The Twins threatened only once against Fedde. In the fifth, Luke Keaschall singled and Tristan Gray singled, putting runners at first and second with one out. Orlando Arcia grounded into a forceout, and Fedde escaped.

Chicago added a run in the sixth. Rikuu Nishida reached on a fielding error by shortstop Tristan Gray and advanced to second on a throwing error by Gray. Antonacci doubled to center, scoring Nishida for a 5-0 lead.

The White Sox broke the game open in the eighth against reliever Justin Lawrence. Antonacci doubled to center, and Vargas singled to left to bring Antonacci home. Benintendi then crushed a two-run homer to right field, his sixth home run of the season, stretching the lead to 8-0.

Minnesota’s offense managed five hits, including singles by Josh Bell, Austin Martin, Victor Caratini, Keaschall and Gray. Martin singled with two outs in the ninth and Caratini followed with a pop-up single, but Luke Keaschall grounded out to end the game.

Fedde’s outing was the key to the White Sox’s victory. He worked out of the fifth-inning jam and retired the final six batters he faced. Eric Orze pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for Chicago, striking out two. Lawrence pitched a scoreless inning for Minnesota, allowing no hits and striking out one.

Defensively, the Twins were hurt by two errors from Gray, who also went 1 for 2 at the plate. Brooks Lee went 0 for 4 for Minnesota, and Byron Buxton finished 0 for 4 with a lineout and a flyout. Trevor Larnach walked once and struck out twice in three plate appearances.

Chicago has won four of its past six games after taking the first two games of its previous series against Detroit. The White Sox have posted three shutouts this season.

Minnesota has lost four of its past five games, including two straight at home. The Twins have been shut out five times this season.

The attendance for Wednesday’s game was 20,322. The game lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes.

The White Sox will travel to Philadelphia for a three-game series starting Friday. The Twins will return home to host Kansas City on Thursday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Minnesota with a 53.00 percent probability to win. Minnesota had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 8 went over the over-under line of 8.5.