Twins reliever Noah Davis, who has an 18.00 ERA in nine major league appearances with two teams this season, gave up two more runs in the ninth inning. After an error from Royce Lewis, Davis served up a two-run homer to Colson Montgomery, a 454-foot moonshot that bounced off the empty seats — there was one fan sitting in the section — and it ricochet onto the field. Montgomery hit five home runs in seven games against the Twins since Aug. 22.
The announced paid attendance at the last three games of the Twins-White Sox series amounted to 36,813 fans, which wouldn’t constitute a sellout at Target Field.
Trailing by three runs in the fourth inning, the Twins offense sent all nine hitters to the plate in a five-run frame. Matt Wallner and Austin Martin started the rally with back-to-back walks. Then Ryan Fitzgerald, Keaschall and Trevor Larnach hit three consecutive RBI singles off White Sox righthander Jonathan Cannon, Larnach reaching on an infield single that deflected off first baseman Lenyn Sosa’s mitt.
Pinch hitter Mickey Gasper, who replaced Jeffers, added a go-ahead, two-run single on a line drive up the middle against lefty reliever Tyler Alexander.
Wallner added a solo homer in the fifth inning, and Gasper drove in a run on a groundout in the sixth before Twins relievers permitted seven runs (six earned) over the final three innings.