Surging White Sox earn another win over Twins
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 [July 16, 2022] Adam
Engel hit a three-run home run and Tim Anderson belted a solo shot
to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota
Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.
Andrew Vaughn added two hits and two RBIs, Anderson finished with
two hits and two runs and Yoan Moncada also scored twice for
Chicago, which won its fourth straight game and second straight to
open a four-game series.
Michael Kopech (3-6) picked up his first win in seven starts,
grinding his way through five innings and allowing two runs on five
hits. He walked four and struck out two.
White Sox relievers Joe Kelly, Reynaldo Lopez, Kendall Graveman and
Liam Hendriks followed with one scoreless inning apiece.
Alex Kirilloff had a two-run double and Byron Buxton went 2-for-3
with a walk and a run for Minnesota. Emilio Pagan (3-4), the second
of six Twins pitchers, took the loss, allowing Anderson's go-ahead
homer during his lone inning. Minnesota lost for the sixth time in
eight games.
Chicago jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, loading the
bases with one out against starter Devin Smeltzer with a single by
Moncada followed by back-to-back walks by Luis Robert and Jose Abreu.
Vaughn then grounded a single to left to drive in Moncada and
Robert.
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Chicago White Sox right fielder Leury Garcia (28) and left fielder
A.J. Pollock (18) celebrate the win over the Minnesota Twins at
Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports
The Twins tied it in the bottom half of the inning
on Kirilloff's two-run, bases-loaded double off the right field
wall. The hit drove in Carlos Correa and Buxton, who had both
singled.
Anderson put the White Sox back in front, 3-2, in the fourth with
his sixth homer of the season. The 411-foot drive into the bullpen
in left-center just cleared the glove of center field Nick Gordon.
Engel, who entered the game in the second inning when Robert exited
after feeling lightheaded, extended the lead to 6-2 with his second
homer of the season. The shot into the flower bed in left field
knocked in Anderson, who had singled, and Moncada, who had walked.
--Field Level Media
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