White Sox: Jeff Samardzija earns first victory since May 22

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Compared to last season, Jeff Samardzija’s current win drought was nothing.

Samardzija won for the first time since May 22 on Tuesday night, snapping a five-start stretch in which he hadn’t been victorious. But that’s a mere pittance compared with the 10-start stretch Samardzija had to endure last season with the Cubs even though he had a 1.46 ERA. Samardzija, who allowed two earned runs and eight hits in seven innings as the White Sox topped the Minnesota Twins 6-2 at Target Field, joked that he hasn’t worried about anything but team victories since his May 5 start.

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“I passed two a while back,” Samardzija said. “For me that was the most important thing when you end in July with only a couple that’s tough. For me it’s just putting your team in position to win. That happens when you fall behind, get more outs and give your offense a chance to tie it up and get the lead. We’ll continue to work, me and (pitching coach Don Cooper), but I like how it went today.”

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