Luis Robert's slam sparks White Sox's rout of Twins
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 [July 15, 2022]
Luis Robert belted a grand slam
to highlight his third straight three-hit performance as the Chicago
White Sox cruised to a 12-2 romp over the Minnesota Twins on
Thursday in Minneapolis.
Robert added an RBI single, Seby Zavala launched a three-run homer
and Andrew Vaughn and Jose Abreu each drove in two runs to propel
the White Sox to their third straight win.
The offense was more than enough for Johnny Cueto (4-4), who
improved to 4-0 in his career against Minnesota. He allowed one run
on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings.
Gio Urshela had an RBI double in the second inning and Kyle Garlick
added a solo homer in the ninth for the Twins, who have lost five of
their past seven games.
Chicago was nursing a 2-1 lead before it loaded the bases in the
fourth inning. Robert crushed a 1-1 slider from Sonny Gray (4-3)
over the wall in left field for his team-leading 12th homer of the
season and his first career grand slam.
Chicago added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth inning when
Robert hit an RBI double to left field and Abreu plated Yoan Moncada
with a sacrifice fly to right.
Vaughn added a solo homer in the seventh inning and Zavala went deep
in the ninth for the White Sox.
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Chicago White Sox designated hitter Andrew Vaughn (25) runs the
bases as he watches his solo home run against the Minnesota Twins in
the seventh inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Bruce
Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports
Gray permitted six runs on nine hits in 3 2/3
innings. He walked one and fanned three.
Chicago started quickly as Tim Anderson singled to lead off the
first inning and advanced to second on a groundout. Anderson came
around to score the first of his three runs on a single to
right-center field by Abreu, who extended his on-base streak to 20
games.
Abreu scored on Vaughn's broken-bat roller that caromed off second
base, giving the White Sox a 2-0 lead.
Minnesota halved the deficit in the second inning. Jose Miranda
singled off Cueto and came home on Urshela's double to left field.
The Twins' bid to forge a tie later in the inning was denied when
left fielder AJ Pollock tossed a dart to catcher Zavala, who applied
the tag on Urshela, completing a double play on Luis Arraez's flyout.
--Field Level Media
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