Colson Montgomery homered in three consecutive games, delivering a two-run shot and a grand slam before a 112.5 mph, 13th homer Sunday. Montgomery totaled five hits and three homers in the Twins series after a 14-game stretch hitting .143. The White Sox offense surged, scoring at least seven runs in five of six games and compiling 45 runs over that span. Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero combined for five singles and five RBIs on Sunday, and Miguel Vargas reached base twice and scored two runs. A promising young core is emerging for the White Sox at the major-league level.
Colson Montgomery can't stop hitting home runs. If only he got to face Twins pitching every day. The White Sox' rookie shortstop blasted his third homer in as many days Sunday, following up Friday night's game-tying two-run shot and Saturday's grand slam with a mashed two-run dinger as part of an 8-0 blowout of the division rivals from the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
He went boom again Sunday, his 13th homer of the season smoked at 112.5 miles an hour off the bat. "When he [squares up] a ball, it goes over the fence," manager Will Venable said after the game. "When he's getting the meat of the bat to the ball, it's going out of the ballpark." Montgomery's bat came back to life this weekend, and he finished the Twins series with five hits and three homers.
All told, he's got 13 home runs in his last 28 games. But the offensive vibes are high throughout the Sox' lineup. The South Siders have scored at least seven runs in five of their last six games, including in each of their three weekend games against the Twins. They've scored a total of 45 runs in their last six contests.
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