Max Kepler had a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Monday night for their eighth straight win.
Byron Buxton doubled to lead off the ninth against John Brebbia . Kepler, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the sixth, then drove him in with a line-drive single to right.Caleb Thielbar pitched out of a first-and-third jam in the ninth, striking out Korey Lee to end the game after walking Tommy Pham and giving up a two-out single to Robbie Grossman.Joe Ryan threw six solid innings for the Twins.
Brock Stewart worked the seventh, Griffin Jax dodged a first-and-second jam in the eighth when he struck out Eloy Jiménez to end that threat, and Thielbar earned his second save.Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer in the second to tie the score before Minnesota beat Chicago for the 12th time in the last 13 games. The Twins also matched their best winning streak since also winning eight straight in June 2011.
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