White Sox blank Twins 8‑0, Fedde earns first win

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Erick Fedde earned his first win of the season as the Chicago White Sox shut out the Minnesota Twins 8-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Target Field. Chicago snapped a two-game losing streak, scoring four runs in the first inning, one in the sixth and three in the eighth. The White Sox collected 12 hits, with Andrew Benintendi hitting a two-run homer in the eighth, his sixth. Sam Antonacci doubled in a run, and Miguel Vargas drove in two. Taj Bradley (5-2) took the loss for Minnesota, allowing seven hits and four earned runs in 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts. The Twins managed only five hits, with Josh Bell, Austin Martin and Tristan Gray each getting one. Justin Lawrence pitched a scoreless inning, and Eric Orze struck out two in 1 1/3 innings. The White Sox improved to 33-29, the Twins fell to 29-34. Attendance was 20,322, and the game lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes.