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Giolito (3-4), who was 1-4 with a 6.75 ERA in
his five previous starts, kept the Twins off-balance all
afternoon with a changeup and left after throwing 111 pitches,
68 for strikes. He walked three.
Liam Hendriks picked up his ninth save with a 1-2-3 ninth,
striking out two of the three batters he faced.
Leury Garcia went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the
American League Central-leading White Sox, who improved to 5-1
this season against the Twins and completed a 13-game stretch
against Minnesota and Kansas City with a 10-3 mark.
Nelson Cruz had both hits for Minnesota, including the 427th
home run of his career to pass Billy Williams and move into a
tie for 50th place on the all-time home runs list with Mike
Piazza. Cal Ripken Jr. is 49th with 431.
Matt Shoemaker (2-5) suffered the loss. He allowed two runs on
five hits and four walks over six innings and struck out two.
Cruz gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead in the third inning when he lined
his 10th homer of the season over the 403-foot sign in
right-center. The 416-foot drive was the fourth of Cruz's career
against Giolito, the most by any right-handed batter in the
league.
Chicago tied it in the fifth when Garcia led off with a
line-drive double into the gap in right-center and was
sacrificed to third by Danny Mendick. After Tim Anderson, who
went 0-for-5 for the second straight game, grounded out, Adam
Eaton drove in Garcia with an infield single deep into the hole
at short.
The White Sox then took a 2-1 lead in the sixth when Jake Lamb
led off with a double to right-center, advanced to third on a
groundout and scored on Garcia's single that one-hopped the
fence down the left field line.
--Field Level Media
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