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In the bottom of the 10th, Castro moved to
third on Michael A. Taylor's leadoff bunt single, then came home
on an errant throw by third baseman Hanser Alberto on the play.
Griffin Jax (1-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Jesse
Scholtens (0-1) took the loss.
Taylor and Byron Buxton homered for Minnesota, which saw Chicago
tie the game when Robert took Jhoan Duran's first-pitch
curveball 400 feet to center.
Minnesota's second walk-off victory of the season followed a
stellar outing by starting pitcher Pablo Lopez, who settled in
after giving up two runs in the first inning and ended his
outing by retiring 23 consecutive batters.
Lopez pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on three hits
with one walk and 10 strikeouts.
Chicago's first three batters of the game reached base before
Andrew Vaughn doubled home two runs. Lopez then retired the next
three batters to escape further damage.
Buxton evened the score in the bottom of the first with his
100th career homer, a two-run shot to left-center field against
Lance Lynn.
Minnesota broke the tie with two outs in the second when Taylor
snapped an 0-for-13 streak with a solo homer to center.
Lynn yielded three runs on seven hits over six innings. He
struck out 10 with no walks. The outing marked Lynn's 23rd
career game with 10-plus strikeouts.
Lopez, who was making his home debut after being acquired from
the Miami Marlins during the offseason, struck out the last four
batters he faced before turning it over to reliever Caleb
Thielbar.
Donovan Solano, Nick Gordon and Taylor each had two hits for
Minnesota, which evened the three-game series after losing 4-3
on Monday. Twins left fielder Trevor Larnach singled in the
fifth inning and has reached base in a career-best 11 straight
games.
--Field Level Media
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