Twins hit 3 homers and slow down White Sox with 5-1 win

CHICAGO (AP) — Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano each hit a two-run homer, and the Minnesota Twins denied the Chicago White Sox a chance to clinch their first playoff berth in 12 years with a 5-1 victory Wednesday night.

Eddie Rosario also went deep and Minnesota pitchers retired their final 18 batters against the AL Central leaders. Chicago, which had won six straight and nine of 10, had an opportunity to secure its first postseason spot since 2008 with a win and a Mariners loss.

Seattle played later against the San Francisco Giants.

After dropping the first two in the four-game series, the second-place Twins moved within two games of Chicago in the division standings.

Minnesota reliever Cody Stashak (1-0) helped piece together the win for the Twins. He relieved starter Jake Odorizzi, who left with a blister issue with two outs in the fourth inning. Stashak was perfect for 2 1/3 innings with two strikeouts.

Tyler Duffey was also perfect in the seventh and the eighth with two strikeouts, and Trevor May struck out the side in the ninth to finish the two-hitter.

José Abreu homered in the fourth for the White Sox, who have lost just six times in 28 games.

Twins pitching got 18 consecutive outs after Abreu's homer.

Rosario led off the second with a homer off starter Lucas Giolito (4-3). It was his 11th of the season.

In the fourth, Rosario led off with a walk and, one out later, Buxton homered on the first pitch to straightaway center to increase the lead to 3-0. It was his 10th of the season and second in two nights. Buxton hit his third career inside-the-park homer Tuesday for Minnesota.

White Sox reliever Matt Foster issued a leadoff walk in the eighth and then gave up a two-run homer to Sano. It was his 12th of the season.

Abreu hit his 16th home run in the fourth. It...

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