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Limited to two hits in their first six times at bat, the White
Sox opened the seventh with a single and a walk, with the
runners moving into scoring position on a wild pitch from Twins
starter Jose Berrios. Sheets, a rookie who made his major league
debut June 29, delivered his fifth career home run moments
later.
Mitch Garver blasted a pair of solo home runs for the Twins as
he played for the first time since June 1 after missing nearly
seven weeks with a groin contusion that required surgery. Garver
connected against Chicago starter Reynaldo Lopez in the second
inning and reliever Matt Foster in the fifth for the catcher's
seventh career multi-homer game.
Berrios (7-4) retired 11 straight hitters after walking Zack
Collins to open the third. Moncada ended the run with a solo
home run that brought the White Sox to within 3-2. Berrios'
initial blemish came in the bottom of the first, as Abreu
drilled his club-leading 17th home run after the first two
Chicago hitters struck out.
Berrios allowed five runs on four hits in six-plus innings with
one walk and eight strikeouts. Aaron Bummer (2-4) was the winner
in relief, striking out one in a scoreless seventh.
Minnesota needed just four pitches to manufacture the first run
of the game. Luis Arraez hit a leadoff single, advanced to third
on Lopez's throwing error on a pickoff attempt and scored on a
Josh Donaldson sacrifice fly to right.
White Sox manager Tony La Russa rested shortstop and leadoff
hitter Tim Anderson in the nightcap. Anderson hit a solo homer
in the third inning of Game 1 to extend his hitting streak to a
career-best 16 games. Anderson has a hit and a run scored in a
franchise-best 12 successive games.
--Field Level Media
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