Fedde, Three Homers Carry White Sox Past Twins 4‑1

CHICAGO (Interstat) — Erick Fedde pitched five scoreless innings and Miguel Vargas, Braden Montgomery and Colson Montgomery homered to send the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Fedde (8-8) allowed three hits and struck out two over five innings. Zebby Matthews (9-9) took the loss, surrendering four runs and four hits in five innings with four strikeouts. Garrett Acton allowed one hit over two scoreless innings for Minnesota; Hagen Smith struck out three over two scoreless innings for Chicago. Bryan Hudson worked a scoreless inning for Chicago, and Taylor Rogers worked one for Minnesota.

Vargas put the White Sox ahead in the first inning with his 30th home run. Braden Montgomery made it 2-0 in the second with a solo shot. Colson Montgomery’s two-run homer in the fourth scored Andrew Benintendi and made it 4-0. Josh Bell hit a solo homer in the ninth for Minnesota’s only run.

The White Sox improved to 74-67. The Twins fell to 67-74. Chicago had six hits; Minnesota had eight. Attendance was 25,616, and the game lasted 2:19.