White Sox tee off on Twins in 5th straight comeback win -- first time since 1986!

MINNEAPOLIS – When designated hitter Edgar Quero saw his name at the top of the White Sox lineup for Thursday night’s series finale against the Twins, he admittedly was a bit surprised.

“Other than that, I’m here to do my job and help the team,” Quero said. “I’m trying to hit the ball, put the ball in play.”

The switch-hitting rookie surpassed his basic goal on offense, knocking out three hits and scoring two runs, but the entire White Sox attack was on point against an undermanned Twins squad, especially in the bullpen, during an 11-8 victory. The White Sox (53-88) completed a four-game road sweep behind 15 hits, achieving such a feat for the first time since the Twins moved to Minnesota, and raising their overall winning streak to a season-high five straight.

Their victory followed a 90-minute rain delay and came after trailing 7-4 in the seventh. But they scored five times against Travis Adams and Genesis Cabrera and never looked back. They won in comeback fashion for the fifth straight game for the first time since May 14-18, 1986, per Elias. Chicago is also the second club this season to do it, after the Giants rallied for six straight comeback wins from Aug. 23-29.

“We are extremely resilient,” said Kyle Teel, who had three hits and four RBIs hitting second. “We have a lot of fight. And you know, to come back in multiple games this week just goes to show that.”

“So proud of the group,” White Sox manager Will Venable said. “We talked about it all year with these guys continuing to fight and obviously earlier in the year not getting the results. But that never stopped this group from continuing to go out there and fight and it’s really nice to continue that competitive spirit and get some good results.”

Teel connected on a 3-1 center-cut fastball from Adams for a three-run home run to tie the game in that seventh inning. The White Sox took the lead on an Andrew Benintendi sacrifice fly, and a Cabrera balk scored the fifth run after Lenyn Sosa and Colson Montgomery were hit by pitches.

Montgomery got even for the slight moment of pain when he connected on a 454-foot home run off Noah Davis in the ninth, giving him 17 homers and 42 RBIs since arriving in the Majors on July 4. He also became the only rookie with multiple 450-foot homers this season, with the first one coming on Aug. 10 against Cleveland.

All this offense produced primarily against the Twins' porous bullpen benefitted reliever Wikelman Gonzalez, who picked up his first career victory after Grant Taylor earned his first win at any professional level on Wednesday night. Jonathan Cannon returned from Triple-A Charlotte Thursday as the designed bulk hurler, allowing five runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings.

“Pretty frustrating. I felt like, coming back up, all my stuff was in a good spot,” Cannon said. “I felt really confident going into today, and the first two innings were good. I just kind of lost the sinker command early.

“Just kind of comes down to throwing strike one. Fell behind in a lot of counts just makes it tough on yourself. A couple of walks there, a couple of singles, and ended up throwing a ton of pitches and kind of put myself in a bad spot.”

Cannon’s friends on offense picked him up, as the White Sox improved to 21-23 since the All-Star break. They finished the season with an 8-5 record against the Twins, winning their last six, and have an 8-6 mark through 14 games amid their stretch of 17 straight.

Business picks up over the next three days, as the White Sox visit the American League Central-leading Tigers and face Tarik Skubal on Saturday in Detroit. The South Siders have five road wins within the division during the ‘25 campaign, with an attempt to earn one outside of the five coming at Target Field as they move on to Comerica Park.

“It’s good to build momentum,” Teel said. “After the Yankees series, we won one game and I feel like we got better from the series and learned a lot about ourselves. We had a great series [in Minnesota] and it’s on to the next one.”

“These guys have been red hot swinging the bat,” said Cannon of the White Sox offense with 69 home runs and 237 runs scored since the All-Star break. “It’s been very fun to watch.”