Twins miss opportunities early, capitalize late in win against White Sox

The first time the Twins loaded the bases Carlos Correa rocked a hard line drive right at second baseman Brooks Baldwin resulting in a double play The second time they loaded them Byron Buxton took a pitch looking to end the inning a questionable call that did not go the Twins way The third time they did it Harrison Bader was robbed of a hit by center fielder Luis Robert Jr Against a better association all those runners left on base during the first three innings likely would have spelled trouble Against the Chicago White Sox it just meant that the Twins broke the battle open a little later than they would have otherwise The Twins pulled away from the White Sox in the later innings on Wednesday night at Target Field winning - Runs in the third and fourth innings on RBI singles from Ty France and Trevor Larnach gave the Twins a - lead one which the White Sox erased an inning later Starter David Festa who had worked around traffic for majority of of his start issued a walk and allowed a single to lead off the fifth spelling the end of his night Three runs ended up scoring in the inning giving the White Sox a lead they held ever-so-briefly But the Twins who had no predicament putting baserunners on on Wednesday punched back with a France walk and Ryan Jeffers single setting up Brooks Lee s RBI knock in the fifth And then they kept punching Trevor Larnach who has been heating up at the plate hit a ball out to right an inning later giving the Twins the lead once again in the sixth and in an inning later Byron Buxton s fifth home run of the season a two-run shot opened up a three-run lead for the Twins