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Mitch Garver also homered for the Twins, who
maintained a 3 1/2 game lead on the Cleveland Indians for first
place in the American League Central after the Indians defeated
the Detroit Tigers earlier Wednesday.
Odorizzi improved to 14-6, scattering two runs on five hits with
two walks and eight strikeouts over his six innings.
Coming off a solid start against the Texas Rangers in which he
pitched six innings of one-run ball while striking out a
career-high eight, White Sox left-hander Ross Detwiler lasted
just four innings against the Twins.
Detwiler retired the side in order in the first inning behind
two of his five strikeouts, but encountered trouble quickly
after that. Eddie Rosario opened the second inning with a single
before Ehire Adrianza added another with two out.
Schoop drilled his second home run of the series one batter
later, connecting for a three-run shot that gave him 20 homers
this season. The blast allowed the Twins to tie a Major League
record, giving them seven players with at least 20 home runs.
Jorge Polanco, who went 2-for-5 Wednesday, has 19 home runs,
while Marwin Gonzalez has 15. Gonzalez left Tuesday's game in
the eighth inning with an abdominal/right oblique injury and was
out of the lineup Wednesday.
Detwiler fell to 2-4 with the loss, scattering five runs on six
hits with two walks.
The White Sox opened the scoring in the first inning, as Jose
Abreu smacked an RBI double to score Leury Garcia, who doubled
to lead off the game.
After answering with Schoop's home run in the second inning,
Minnesota extended its lead to 5-1 in the third courtesy of RBI
groundouts from Rosario and Miguel Sano.
Chicago loaded the bases with one out in the fourth but only
managed one run on a Matt Skole groundout. Odorizzi fanned
Welington Castillo to end the threat.
Minnesota capped the scoring with a pair of eighth-inning homers
against reliever Jace Fry. Schoop hit a solo shot while Garver
had a two-run blast, his third hit of the game.
Abreu, Yolmer Sanchez and Tim Anderson each had two hits for the
White Sox.
--Field Level Media
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