Kepler hits sacrifice fly in 9th inning to lift Twins to 6-5 win over White Sox

Chicago White Sox ’s Danny Mendick runs the bases after hitting a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins , Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Chicago. Chicago White Sox ’s Martín Maldonado is tagged out a home by Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Chicago.

Chicago’s Andrew Benintendi homered leading off the eighth to tie it at 5 after Minnesota scored twice in the top half. But the Twins pulled it out in the ninth. Jhoan Duran pitched around a leadoff single by Tommy Pham in the bottom half and picked up the save after missing the Twins’ first 28 games because of a strained right oblique muscle. Caleb Thielbar recorded the final two outs in the eighth.

Benintendi tied it when he led off the bottom half against Cole Sands with his third homer. Mendick doubled, but Robbie Grossman struck out. Thielbar then retired Korey Lee on a pop fly and Nicky Lopez on a grounder.

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