The Minnesota Twins blew a big early lead, but twice rallied in extra innings to defeat the Chicago White Sox 9-8 in 12 innings Tuesday.
Ronald Torreyes’ bases-loaded hit by pitch in the three-run 12th inning brought them one step closer to their first American League Central title in nine years.
The Twins led 5-0 after three innings, but the White Sox, who finished with 20 hits, forced extra innings tied at 5-all.
The Sox took the lead in the 11th when AL batting leader Tim Anderson homered.
After a sacrifice fly by Mitch Garver tied it again in the bottom of the inning for the Twins, Ryan Cordell hit a two-run homer in the 12th off Ryne Harper (4-2) for the White Sox, one of four homers allowed by six Twins relievers.
The unusual game-ending at-bat by Torreyes, just his sixth of the year for the Twins, followed a tying two-run single by Marwin Gonzalez and capped a night that kept their division lead at five games.
