MINNEAPOLIS — Eloy Jiménez hit two homers with five RBIs for the second straight game, Tim Anderson led off with a home run for the second day in a row and the Chicago White Sox cruised past the Minnesota Twins 11-1.
Lucas Giolito pitched two-hit ball for eight innings as the White Sox won their fourth in a row. He had great command, striking out eight Twins in the effort.
Luis Robert came off the 60-day injured list and delivered an RBI double and single. Jiménez became the first White Sox player with consecutive games of at least two homers and five RBIs, and the first in the majors since Bryce Harper for Washington in 2015.
Jiménez has five homers and 14 RBIs in 10 games since his return from the injured list after rupturing a pectoral muscle in spring training.
Twins starter Beau Burrows gave up a leadoff homer to Anderson, and it was all downhill from there. Burrows, a reliever pressed into duty due to the loss of Jose Berios and J.A. Happ at the trade deadline, gave up seven runs in just two innings.
“No matter which way you kind of slice and dice it, it’s a tough outing,” manager Rocco Baldelli said after the game. “There’s no way around that. We’re not going to pretend that’s not the case. … He was obviously upset with his outing and upset with himself.”