CHICAGO (Interstat) — Ryan Jeffers hit a three-run homer and drove in three runs as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-4 on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Taj Bradley (11-6) allowed four runs, four hits and struck out six over five innings to get the win. Anthony Kay (9-8) took the loss. Yoendrys Gómez earned his 21st save with a hitless ninth inning. The Twins improved to 68-74; the White Sox dropped to 74-68. Minnesota had eight hits, while Chicago had six.

Chicago opened scoring with Munetaka Murakami’s two-run homer and Colson Montgomery’s solo drive in the first inning. Minnesota cut it to 3-2 in the fourth on Kody Clemens’ run-scoring fielder’s choice and Brooks Lee’s RBI double. Jeffers then homered in the fifth, driving in Luke Keaschall and Kaelen Culpepper, making it 5-3. Miguel Vargas’s single got one back for Chicago in the bottom half, but Culpepper’s seventh-inning double scored Keaschall to restore the two-run lead.

Attendance was 27,749. Game time was 2 hours, 43 minutes.