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Royce Lewis hit a grand slam, Byron Buxton, Luke Keaschall, and Edouard Julien each had two hits, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 9-7 on Friday night.

Lewis was 3 for 5 and scored two runs, including his 

 in the fourth inning. Five Twins players had at least one RBI, and seven had at least one hit.

Miguel Vargas had a bases-loaded walk, and Kyle Teel and Lenyn Sosa added RBI singles in the eighth to pull the White Sox to 8-7. Lewis caught a popup and three out the tying run at home to keep the Twins in the lead.

Buxton’s RBI single in the ninth as Minnesota snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 3-7 in their last 10 games.

Colson Montgomery hit a two-run homer, and Sosa had two RBIs for Chicago, which has lost three straight.

Twins starter Zebby Matthews gave up four runs and eight hits while striking out four in 4 2/3 innings. Reliever Kody Funderburk (3-1) got four outs to get the win and Justin Topa got the last five outs for his third save.

Keaschall and Trevor Larnach hit RBI singles in the sixth against Brandon Eisert (2-5) to put the Twins ahead for good. Buxton scored on Keaschall's hit for his 500th career run.

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Royce Lewis hit a grand slam, Byron Buxton, Luke Keaschall, and Edouard Julien each had two hits, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 9-7.

Lewis hits grand slam as Twins beat White Sox 9-7 to snap 3-game skid

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