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Lewis provided all the offense the Twins would
need. With two outs and the bases loaded in the second inning,
he drove a 3-1 pitch from White Sox rookie right-hander Jesse
Scholtens into the left field bleachers.
Lewis notched his fifth career grand slam overall in his 66th
career game, the fastest any player has achieved that milestone,
according to ESPN Stats & Info.
Twins right-hander Bailey Ober benefited from the blast to pick
up his first win since July 18, a span of eight starts. Coming
off a brief demotion to Triple-A to help manage his innings
load, Ober (7-6) scattered two runs and five hits in five
innings while striking out six and walking none.
Ober allowed just one extra-base hit, a two-run homer off the
bat of Elvis Andrus in the fifth. That drew the White Sox
(56-92) within 6-2, as Minnesota had extended its early lead
with runs in the third and fourth innings.
The Twins scored their third-inning run when White Sox shortstop
Tim Anderson overran a Matt Wallner popup that fell just fair
inside the left field line for an RBI.
Ryan Jeffers had two hits and two RBIs for Minnesota. Max Kepler,
Carlos Correa, Willi Castro and Wallner each contributed two
hits and an RBI. Scholtens (1-9) yielded six runs, five earned,
and seven hits in four innings. He walked three and struck out
five.
Pitching for the seventh time in the past 10 games, White Sox
reliever Bryan Shaw allowed one hit and struck out two in two
innings of scoreless relief.
Andrew Vaughn singled twice for the White Sox to stretch his
hitting streak to five games.
Minnesota is 8-3 against Chicago this season.
--Field Level Media
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