Overview

• Chicago completed a four-game sweep in Minneapolis with an 11-8 win, then beat Detroit 7-5 to reach a season-best six straight victories.
• Kyle Teel’s three-run homer in the seventh inning tied the finale in Minnesota, and Colson Montgomery added a 454-foot shot as Wikelman González earned his first MLB win in relief.
• Minnesota’s relief corps faltered again as Travis Adams allowed four runs in one inning and Génesis Cabrera committed a balk during Chicago’s five-run seventh.
• Rookies drove the surge: Chase Meidroth had four hits against the Twins, while Teel and Edgar Quero collected three apiece; Montgomery homered and drove in four the next night in Detroit.
• The Twins lost catcher Ryan Jeffers to a head injury during the finale, where pinch-hitter Mickey Gasper knocked in three runs, and the series opener was delayed more than 90 minutes by rain.