White Sox rally vs. Twins, win season-high 5th straight
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White Sox rally vs. Twins, win season-high 5th straight
"September 5 - Kyle Teel went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox outlasted the Minnesota Twins 11-8 on Thursday night in Minneapolis. Colson Montgomery homered and drove in three for Chicago (53-88), which completed a four-game sweep and won its season-high fifth game in a row. Curtis Mead doubled twice and drove in a pair."
"The Twins led 7-4 after six before the White Sox rallied for the second straight night. Chicago scored five runs in the seventh and added two more in the ninth. Teel evened the score at 7-all with a three-run shot in the seventh. His 413-foot blast marked his sixth homer of the season and his second in the past three games."
"Lenyn Sosa led off the ninth by reaching on a throwing error by Royce Lewis. Montgomery made the Twins pay for the miscue when he hammered a 454-foot homer, his 17th of the season, to right-center field to increase Chicago's lead to 11-7. Clemens finished the scoring with a solo home run for the Twins in the ninth, his 15th of the year."
Chicago defeated Minnesota 11-8 in Minneapolis, completing a four-game sweep and extending its winning streak to five games. Kyle Teel went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBIs. Colson Montgomery homered, drove in three, and added a 454-foot go-ahead homer in the ninth, his 17th of the season. White Sox rookie Wikelman Gonzalez earned his first career victory with 1 1/3 scoreless relief innings. Twins starter Taj Bradley allowed four runs on eight hits over five innings. Minnesota finished the homestand 2-5, with Mickey Gasper and Kody Clemens supplying key RBIs and homers.
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