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The 23-year-old backstop opened the scoring in the ballgame with an RBI single off of Taj Bradley in the third inning. He then raced around to score on a two-run double off the bat of Curtis Mead. Teel then led off the fifth inning with a ground rule double, swiped third base and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Colson Montgomery. His biggest blow came on a game-tying, 413-foot three-run blast off of Travis Adams in the seventh inning. With his three-hit night, Teel is now slashing a monstrous .295/.392/.442 with six homers, 27 RBI and three stolen bases in

Quero led off the third inning with a double and scored the game’s first run on an RBI knock by Kyle Teel. It’s not every day that you see a team start both of their catchers and hit them first and second in their lineup, but that’s the alignment that we saw from the White Sox with Quero serving as the designated hitter and leadoff man on Thursday. It paid major dividends as the two combined to go 6-for-10 with a homer, five runs scored and four RBI. He’s hitting .289/.351/.395 with five homers and 36 RBI in 333 plate appearances with the White Sox on the year.

Montgomery drew a two-out walk in the third inning and scored on Curtis Mead’s two-run double. He then hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning that pulled the Sox to within a run at 5-4. The 23-year-old rookie shortstop was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning and scampered home on a wild pitch. Montgomery put the exclamation point on the victory with a majestic 454-foot (111.6 mph EV) two-run shot off of Noah Davis in the ninth that made it an 11-7 ballgame. He’s now hitting .229/.288/.547 with a jaw-dropping 17 homers and 42 RBI in his first 198 plate appearances with the White Sox.

Cannon rejoined the White Sox on Thursday after posting a 6.20 ERA over four starts at Triple-A Charlotte, so it’s not surprising to see him get knocked around at the big league level as well once again. All of the damage came during a five-run uprising in the fourth inning that featured a pair of walks and then three straight two-out singles before Cannon was mercifully pulled. It’s possible he’ll get shipped back to Triple-A Charlotte after this one. The 25-year-old hurler now holds a cringe-inducing 4-10 record, 5.67 ERA and 1.49 WHIP across 98 1/3 innings with the White Sox this season.

Wallner started a five-run uprising with a one-out walk off of Jonathan Cannon in the fourth inning. He would score the Twins’ first run on a two-out RBI single by Ryan Fitzgerald. Wallner then belted a 408-foot (107.7 mph EV) solo shot off of Tyler Alexander in the fifth that increased the Twins’ advantage to 6-4. He also led off the seventh inning with a walk but was erased on a double play. For the season, the 25-year-old slugger is now slashing .209/.313/.483 with 21 long balls and 36 RBI.

On the plus side, the 24-year-old hurler managed to rack up seven strikeouts on the evening while issuing only one base on balls. The White Sox got to him for three runs in the third inning — including a two-run double off the bat of Curtis Mead. They tacked on another in the fifth on a sacrifice fly. Still, Bradley exited with a 6-4 lead and in line for a victory, though the Twins’ bullpen couldn’t hang on for him. He generated 11 swings and misses on 91 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 30 percent. He’ll look to get back in the win column as he brings a 4.92 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and a 109/49 K/BB ratio (126 1/3 innings) into Tuesday’s matchup against the Angels in Los Angeles.

The 30-year-old backstop joined the Yankees when rosters expanded for September as a third catching option. It’s possible that with Jazz Chisholm dealing with a minor knee injury that they’ll prefer to have an extra infielder join the roster instead on Friday. Stay tuned.

The 28-year-old backstop had taken a foul ball off of his mask earlier in the ballgame. Jeffers then had an awkward swing as he struck out in the third inning then returned to catch in the top half of the fourth. He was then pinch-hit for by Mickey Gasper in the home half of the fourth inning. Expect Twins’ skipper Rocco Baldelli to provide an update in his postgame comments.

The homer off Cristian Javier was McMahon’s third as a Yankee. He’s hitting .243/.341/.393 in 35 games for his new club, compared to .217/.314/.403 in 100 games with the Rockies.

Rodón won a fifth straight start and now has 16 victories, matching Freddy Peralta for the major league lead. Interestingly, Rodón, who fanned three tonight, has just 21 strikeouts and 13 walks over 30 2/3 innings during this stretch. That’s a 17.3% strikeout rate, compared to 27.9% in his first 24 starts. It hasn’t mattered yet, but it’d be nice to see some more strikeouts next week versus the Tigers.