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Buxton, who had three hits, led off the ninth
with a game-tying home run against Steven Wilson (1-2). Wilson
recovered to get the next out before walking Carlos Santana.
Ryan Jeffers followed with a bloop double, benefiting from a
misread by Chicago left fielder Andrew Benintendi.
That set the stage for Kirilloff two batters later.
Eloy Jimenez had two hits, including a three-run home run, and
Erick Fedde gave up one run on three hits in six innings for the
White Sox. The right-hander struck out a career-best 11 while
issuing zero walks and retired the final 16 batters he faced.
A sour outing by the Chicago relief corps wiped away Fedde's
opportunity for a victory.
Minnesota used a two-out rally to score the game's first run.
After Fedde struck out the first two batters he faced, Trevor
Larnach lined a double to right field and scored one batter
later when Max Kepler drove him in with a single.
Jimenez connected for his second home run of the season in the
fourth to give the White Sox a 3-1 lead. Danny Mendick led off
the inning with the first of his two hits and Gavin Sheets
walked ahead of Jimenez's blast against Twins starter Pablo
Lopez.
Minnesota trimmed the advantage to 3-2 when Santana hit a
two-out RBI double off Jordan Leasure in the seventh.
Benintendi answered with a two-out, two-run single in the eighth
to extend the lead to 5-2.
The Twins drew closer on Larnach's two-run home run against
Michael Kopech in the eighth.
Jay Jackson (1-1) was the winner, pitching two innings of
one-run relief with four strikeouts.
Lopez allowed three runs and four hits in four innings with two
walks and six strikeouts.
--Field Level Media
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