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Polanco also tripled and Luis Arraez had a double for Minnesota,
which won for the fifth time in its last seven games.
Caleb Thielbar (4-0) picked up the victory with 1 1/3 inning of
hitless relief while Alex Colome picked up his seventh save.
Juan Minaya struck out three of the four batters he faced while
throwing 1 1/3 innings of hitless relief to pick up a hold.
Eloy Jimenez went 2-for-4 and Leury Garcia had a single and walk
for Chicago, which lost its second straight but still won the
season series with the Twins, 13-6. Jose Ruiz (1-2) suffered the
loss.
Minnesota starter Bailey Ober allowed six hits over 5 1/3
innings while striking out six and ran into trouble only once in
the fifth inning. Jake Lamb led off with an infield single and
advanced to second one out later on a walk to Zack Collins. But
Ober got out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts of Cesar
Hernandez and Andrew Vaughn.
The Twins then took the lead in the sixth on Polanco's 21st home
run of the season, a 416-foot opposite field drive into the
bullpen in left-center. It was the seventh home run in 13 games
for Polanco.
Minnesota missed a chance to add an insurance run in the eighth
when Polanco tripled high off the right field wall off Craig
Kimbrel. But Kimbrel rebounded to get Arraez to line out to
center field end the inning.
Reynaldo Lopez was a late change at starter for Chicago after
the White Sox put left-hander Carlos Rodon on the 10-day injured
list earlier Wednesday morning with left shoulder fatigue and
allowed just one hit and two walks over three innings while
striking out four.
Lance Lynn (10-3), originally scheduled to start the series
finale, was pushed back to Thursday night to face the Yankees in
the MLB at Field of Dreams Game in Dyersville, Ia.
--Field Level Media
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