Twins’ bullpen coughs up late lead in 11-8 loss to White Sox

Mickey Gasper drove in a career-high three runs and Matt Wallner hit his st home run of the season but Minnesota s bullpen melted down in the seventh inning and the White Sox rallied to sweep a four-game series with a - triumph Thursday at nearly empty Target Field Luke Keaschall went for with an RBI and two runs scored and Taj Bradley pitched in and out of trouble for five innings leaving with a - lead Taj Bradley of the Minnesota Twins delivers a pitch against the Chicago White Sox in the first inning at Target Field on Sept in Minneapolis Minnesota Photo by David Berding Getty Images Gasper made it - with a run-scoring fielder s choice against a drawn-in infield but the White Sox rocked relievers Travis Adams - and Genesis Cabrera for five runs in the seventh inning and Colson Montgomery hit a two-run homer in the ninth to seal Chicago s fifth straight win and sixth straight against Minnesota The White Sox ripped Twins pitchers for hits and Colson Montgomery sealed Chicago s accomplishment with a two-run home run off Noah Davis in the ninth inning It was cool and raining at the contest s p m starting time and it didn t clear until shortly before the encounter got underway at p m By then there were limited of the reported crowd of left in the stadium to see the Twins swept by the band with the American League s worst record - Adams pitched a - - sixth inning before running into trouble in the seventh He allowed back-to-back singles to Michael A Taylor and Edgar Quero before Kyle Teel hit a four-seam fastball feet at mph into the right-center bleachers to tie the tournament - Adams then hit Lenyn Sosa with a pitch before being pulled for Cabrera who hit the first batter he faced and allowed two more runs on a balk and sac fly by Andrew Benintendi to give the White Sox a - lead Bradley gave up three runs in the third inning on three hits and a walk but the Twins scored five in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead The young right-hander was charged with four earned runs on eight hits and a walk but struck out seven He gave up a run in the fifth but had done enough for his seventh major league conquest Gasper was pinch-hitting for Ryan Jeffers who left the challenge with a head injury when he capped a five-run fourth inning with a two-run single to center off left-hander Tyler Alexander It appeared the White Sox had escaped the inning with the lead when Jonathan Cannon got Trevor Larnach to bounce a grounder over the head of first baseman Lenyn Sosa Second baseman Chase Meidroth fielded the ball and threw to first and Larnach was called out on a bang-bang play to end the inning But the Twins challenged the play and won All the players were sent back on the field and Larnach was credited with a game-tying RBI for bringing home Ryan Fitzgerald Alexander was called to pitch Gasper hit a go-ahead two-run single to make it - Gasper fielder s choice grounder to first with the infield in scored Keaschall in the sixth inning to give the Twins a - lead Kody Clemens hit a solo home run in the ninth for the Twins his th of the season