Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
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Meidroth hits 1st grand slam, Sandlin retires 18 straight in MLB debut as White Sox beat Twins 15-2
Munetaka Murakami went 2 for 4 with a solo homer. His 20 home runs are tied with Gary Sánchez (New York Yankees, 2015-16) and Wally Berger (Boston Braves, 1930) for second in MLB history through 55 career games.
Cody Bellinger (Los Angeles Dodgers, 2017) hit 22 homers in his first 55 games.
Minnesota's Byron Buxton homered to lead off the game, but the 25-year-old Sandlin retired 18 consecutive batters — the first White Sox pitcher to retire 18 in a row in his debut since 1920.
Minnesota's Kody Clemens hit a solo shot in the eighth.
Sam Antonacci went 3 for 4 with three RBI, Randal Grichuk had three hits and drove in two runs. Meidroth, Colson Montgomery and Tristan Peters each added two hits.
Murakami followed Meidroth's slam with a home run to make it 14-2.
Meidroth has five homers this season, matching his rookie total from last season.
Connor Prielipp (1-3) gave up six runs and eight hits, walked three and had five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Antonacci hit a two-run single that gave the White Sox a 2-1 lead in the second inning and Montgomery doubled to a drive in a run in the third.
Antonacci's two-run single highlighted Chicago's five-run fifth before Murakami singled to lead off the sixth, stole second base and scored on Grichuk's single to make it 9-1.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Larnach flied out to center. |
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9th Inning | Kreidler lined out to center. |
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9th Inning | Arcia flied out to left. |
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9th Inning | Richards relieved Eisert |
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8th Inning | Meidroth grounded out to shortstop. |
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8th Inning | Acuña grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Quero scored, Antonacci out at second, Peters to third. |
Statistics
 MIN |
 CHW |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 6 | Ground Balls | 14 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 8 |
| 2 | Runs Batted In | 13 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 1 |
| 3 | Hits | 18 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 2 |
| 0 | Walks | 7 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 2 | Runs | 15 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 2 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 30 | At Bats | 37 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 1 |
| 2 | Runners Left On Base | 21 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 1 |
| 19 | Fly Balls | 17 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 94 | Pitches | 169 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 1 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 10 | Total Bases | 25 |
| 30 | Plate Appearances | 46 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
| 0.7 | Runs Created | 12.4 |
| .100 | Batting Average | .486 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | 1.000 |
| .333 | Slugging Percentage | .676 |
| .233 | Secondary Average | .432 |
| .100 | On Base Percentage | .556 |
| .433 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.231 |
| 0.3 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.8 |
| 0.7 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 14.5 |
| 19.0 | Batter Rating | 84.0 |
| 15.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 18.5 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 3.13 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.67 |
| .233 | Isolated Power | .189 |
| 0.00 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.88 |
| .000 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .152 |
| .133 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.054 |
| 4.0 | Runs Produced | 28.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.9 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.7 |
| 0.0 | Balls In Play Average | 0.6 |
| 68.0 | MLB Rating | 126.0 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 14,796 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland |
- | 29 | W1 | 0.56060606 | 37 |
| Chicago |
2 | 30 | W1 | 0.53125 | 34 |
| Minnesota |
7 | 36 | L1 | 0.45454547 | 30 |
 Detroit |
10.5 | 39 | L1 | 0.4 | 26 |
 Kansas City |
10.5 | 39 | W1 | 0.4 | 26 |