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Twins finally take one from White Sox

Minneapolis,  MN (SportsNetwork.com) - Sam Fuld had two hits, including a two- 
run  single to cap  a three-run seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins held on 
for a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. 

With the win, the Twins avoided being swept in a four-game series by the Whit
Sox for the first time ever in Minnesota. 

It was only their third win in 10 games since the All-Star break. 

They loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the seventh against Ronald 
Belisario  (3-7), who walked Josh Willingham and Eric Fryer before giving up a 
single to Chris Parmelee. 

The first run scored on Danny Santana's sacrifice fly off Javy Guerra and Fuld 
followed with his two-run single to center to make it 4-2. 

"I  was just  trying to stay within my  approach and not let the moment get to 
me," Fuld said. "I was just trying to shoot it up the middle." 

Rookie White Sox catcher Adrian  Nieto hit his first  career home run in the 
eighth  off  Casey Fien, going the  opposite way to left field. Chicago loaded 
the  bases  with one out in  the ninth, but  Glen Perkins escaped for his 25th 
save. 

Rookie  right-hander  Yohan Pino pitched six  innings for the Twins, giving up 
two runs on four hits and a walk with six strikeouts. Jared Burton (2-2) threw 
a perfect seventh inning to pick up the win. 

Scott  Carroll  also went six  innings for the White Sox, allowing one run on 
four hits and a walk. 

Pino  walked  Jose Abreu  with two outs  in the first  inning and didn't allow 
another  baserunner  until Alejandro De Aza  stroked a two-out single to right 
field in the fifth for Chicago's first hit. 

De  Aza was thrown  out by Fryer trying to steal second base but the White So
took a 2-1 lead with two runs in the sixth inning. 

Gordon  Beckham  sparked the rally  with a leadoff  double and Adam Eaton slid 
head-first  into the bag  for a one-out single on a play that was reviewed and 
upheld  as  a hit. Beckham scored  on Alexei Ramirez's sacrifice fly and Abreu 
followed with a double to plate Eaton. 

Earlier,  Eduardo Escobar hit a one-out double in the third inning and Santana 
followed with a triple off the right-field wall to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. 

                                   Game Notes 

The  last  time the White Sox swept  the Twins franchise  on the road was May 
18-20,  1947,  when they were  the Washington  Senators. The series included a 
doubleheader  ...  Home plate umpire Jeff  Kellogg asked Belisario to remove a 
rubber band around his non-pitching wrist at the start of the seventh. Someone 
came  out and cut it off ... The White Sox remain on the road for a three-game 
series in Detroit starting on Tuesday ... The Twins will start a six-game road 
trip  Tuesday in  Kansas City. The last  three games are against the  White So
next weekend. 

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