MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) \u2014 The Minnesota Twins emptied their bench to finish a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox, even the two guys with eye trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan Jeffers hit a two-out RBI single in the 12th inning to cap a late rally by the Twins that secured a 5-4 victory over the White Sox on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to use our guys to try to win a ballgame,\u201d manager Rocco Baldelli said. \u201cThat\u2019s what they\u2019re there for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesse Scholtens (1-3) loaded the bases with no outs before enticing Christian V\u00e1zquez to hit a 2-0 fastball into a shortstop-to-home-to-first double play. That left a runner on third for Jeffers, who lifted the Twins (53-48) to a three-game lead on Cleveland in the AL Central \u2014 their largest in more than five weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we\u2019re not getting the runs, we\u2019re kind of starting to believe in ourselves that we can come back and we can get hits on whoever\u2019s out there,\u201d Jeffers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nineteen players contributed, including Willi Castro and Joey Gallo. They were out of the starting lineup all series because of conjunctivitis, commonly known as pinkeye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When V\u00e1zquez entered, Jeffers had no backup catcher. He even took a foul ball off the chin in the 11th, giving the Twins a bit of a scare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Castro delivered a pinch-hit RBI double to spark a three-run ninth inning. Gallo, who scored the tying run in the 10th to keep the game going, tried a drag bunt in the 11th that sailed in the air for an easy popup to end the inning. His vision wasn\u2019t clear enough for a regular at-bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe fans weren\u2019t too happy about that one. Now they understand why I was doing it,\u201d Gallo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Castro hadn\u2019t been in the dugout all series until he got the call to hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when I saw the sunlight and, yeah, it was a little weird. But then everything was fine when I got there,\u201d Castro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White Sox reliever Kendall Graveman allowed the first three batters to reach in the ninth. Carlos Correa hit a sacrifice fly for the first out to make it 3-2. Then Alex Kirilloff hit the tying RBI double with two outs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emilio Pag\u00e1n (5-1) pitched a perfect 12th for the victory, stranding the automatic runner at third in his latest solid appearance following a rough 1 1\/2 seasons to start his Twins career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tim Anderson put the White Sox in front with a two-out RBI double in the 10th, but Gallo scampered home when rookie right fielder Oscar Col\u00e1s made a running catch of a shallow popup. Col\u00e1s fell and, after scrambling to his feet, threw late to the plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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