Twins ride Matthews to 5‑1 win over White Sox
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Zebby Matthews pitched 8 1/3 innings and Luke Keaschall homered as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 on Sunday, Aug. 30, at Target Field.
Matthews allowed one earned run on five hits with five strikeouts to improve to 9-8. Jordan Hicks took the loss. The Twins took control in the first inning, scoring three runs. Josh Bell singled in Brooks Lee, and Trevor Larnach doubled to score Ryan Jeffers and Bell. Bell added an RBI single in the third, and Keaschall’s home run in the seventh made it 5-0.
The White Sox avoided the shutout in the ninth when Braden Montgomery singled in Sam Antonacci. Chicago had six hits; Minnesota had nine. Keaschall went 2 for 3 with a home run and an RBI. Bell was 2 for 4 with two RBIs, and Larnach had two RBIs. José Urquidy allowed one earned run over five innings for Chicago, and Tyler Gilbert gave up one earned run in 2 1/3 innings.
The win lifted Minnesota to 65-72, while Chicago fell to 72-64. Attendance was 26,225, and the game lasted 2:15.