MINNEAPOLIS — Tristan Gray hit a grand slam in the fourth inning and the Minnesota Twins added four more runs in the fifth on the way to a 9-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.<\/p>\n
The Twins snapped a five-game losing streak. The White Sox had their five-game winning streak halted.<\/p>\n
Gray’s 384-foot shot<\/a> over the wall in right field \u2014 his second career grand slam and first since the Twins’ home opener on April 3 \u2014 gave Minnesota a 5-1 lead it never surrendered. <\/p>\n Trevor Larnach hit an RBI single in the first to get the Twins on the board. Austin Martin and Victor Caratini added one-run singles in the fifth before Luke Keaschall and Gray each drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to stretch Minnesota’s lead to 9-4.<\/p>\n Joe Ryan (4-3) allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings with nine strike outs. Travis Adams allowed two runs in the ninth before closing out the win.<\/p>\n Miguel Vargas homered twice for the White Sox. He had a pair of two-run shots, in the third and ninth, finishing 3 for 5 with four RBIs. Andrew Benintendi had an RBI single in the third to tie the game at 1 and added a solo homer in the fifth.<\/p>\n David Sandlin (1-1) took his first loss of the year, giving up eight runs on eight hits in four innings with four strikeouts.<\/p>\n White Sox RHP Davis Martin<\/a> (8-1, 2.00 ERA) starts against Twins LHP Connor Prielipp (1-3, 5.13) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n