Luis Robert hit his first grand slam, Johnny Cueto pitched six strong innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 12-2 Thursday night to extend their winning streak to three games.
Robert’s 452-foot blast to the second deck in left field gave the White Sox a 6-1 lead in the fourth inning. He added a run-scoring single in the sixth inning and a double in the eighth for his third consecutive three-hit game. Robert has a team-high 54 RBIs this season.
The White Sox started the four-game weekend series in third place, trailing the Twins by five games in the AL Central Division. Cueto gave up one run and seven hits over six innings while throwing a season-high 118 pitches. He pitched out of trouble in the first three innings before settling down and retiring 12 of the final 14 batters he faced.Twins starter Sonny Gray gave up six runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings. With one out in the fourth, Gray was hit on the right shoulder by Josh Harrison’s line drive.
The White Sox got started with a pair of runs in the first inning. Anderson singled on Gray’s first pitch and came around to score on José Abreu’s two-out base hit. After Gavin Sheets singled, Vaughn’s broken-bat roller up the middle hit second base and skittered away, plating Abreu.
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