Sheets’ Homer Gives White Sox Doubleheader Split with Twins
Rookie Gavin Sheets hit a game-ending three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, giving the Chicago White Sox a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday.
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CHICAGO Rookie Gavin Sheets hit a game-ending three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, giving the Chicago White Sox a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday.
Minnesota won the opener 3-2 in eight innings, but the White Sox avoided a sweep when Sheets turned on a 3-1 fastball from Twins ace José Berrios and drove it deep to right for his fifth home run. Berrios (7-4) entered the seventh having allowed only two hits solo shots by José Abreu and Yoán Moncada before Brian Goodwin led off with a single and Berrios hit Andrew Vaughn with a pitch.
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Originally posted on MLB Trade Rumors | By TC Zencka | Last updated 7/11/21
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