Miranda gets big hit as the Twins beat the White Sox 8-3 for their first win this season

CHICAGO — — Jose Miranda hit a tiebreaking two-run single in Minnesota’s five-run sixth inning, and the Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Tuesday night for their first win of the season.

Ryan Jeffers and Ty France each had two hits for Minnesota, and Harrison Bader added a three-run homer in the ninth.

The Twins trailed 3-0 before rallying with two outs in the sixth. Jeffers and France greeted Penn Murfee (0-1) with RBI singles. Willi Castro was hit by a pitch before Edouard Julien singled in Jeffers.

Miranda then made it 5-3 when he drove France and Castro with a bloop single to right.

White Sox right-hander Shane Smith allowed two hits and two runs in 5 2/3 innings in his major league debut. He struck out three and walked four.

Chicago’s starting pitchers worked 23 innings without allowing an earned run over the team’s first four games.

Brooks Baldwin drove in two runs for the White Sox, and Nick Maton connected for his second homer of the season.

Twins right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson struck out five while pitching four innings of two-run ball. Louis Varland (1-0) got the win.

Charlotte moves to 4-0 on the season with the 4-3 victory over Norfolk

The Charlotte Knights battled back from an early deficit to secure a 4-3 victory over the Norfolk Tides. The game featured a few rehab home runs from familiar faces and a controversial call at the plate that could have been a game-changer.

Former Mets’ first-round pick, Justin Dunn, making his first professional appearance since 2023 after recovering from some significant arm injuries, got the start for the Knights. In the top of the third, Gunner Henderson, on a rehab assignment with the Tides, launched a solo home run to give Norfolk a 1-0 lead. Dunn ran into further trouble in the fifth, surrendering another solo shot to Jud Fabian, breaking a 1-1 tie. He then allowed a single, wild pitch, and walk before manager Sergio Santos pulled him from the game. He tossed 4 2⁄3 innings, surrendering three runs on four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.

Jared Shuster entered for mop-up duty and conceded an RBI single, putting the Tides up 3-1. The southpaw navigated a bases-loaded jam in the sixth and escaped unscathed. Steven Wilson pitched a scoreless seventh, despite allowing a double, and Adisyn Coffey struck out the side in the eighth. Dan Altavilla came out for the ninth, retired the side in order, closed the game, and secured the save for Charlotte.

The Knights’ offense, which had been red-hot over the weekend, taking three games from the Gwinnett Stripers, cooled slightly but ultimately delivered when it mattered. A controversial call went against the Knights early in the contest. In the bottom of the third, Tim Elko walked, and Cal Mitchell doubled off the wall. Elko attempted to score from first, but the umpire called him out at the plate, despite the replay clearly showing he was safe. Sorry, friends, there’s no instant replay in Triple-A. Greg Jones then struck out swinging for the final out, and Charlotte ended the inning unable to push a run across.

The Knights finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth when, with one out, Kyle Brnovich hit Chase Meidroth with a pitch. The second baseman promptly stole second base. Tristian Gray followed with a crucial two-out single, scoring Meidroth and tying the game at 1-1.

The big swing for Charlotte came in the bottom of the fifth. Elko and Corey Julks hit back-to-back singles, and after a double play, Jones was hit by a pitch. Mike Tauchman, also on a rehab assignment, stepped up and blasted a three-run home run. The bomb propelled the Knights up to a 4-3 advantage, giving them a lead they would not relinquish. Shortstop Colson Montgomery, No. 38 on MLB’s top prospect list, continues to struggle at the plate as he went hitless again tonight and is now 1-for-17 on the season.

With the win, Charlotte is now 4-0 on the season. They’ll face Norfolk again tomorrow night with righthander Owen White on the mound. The 25-year-old was a waiver claim from the New York Yankees in February.

The Twins entered Tuesday night’s contest against the division-rival White Sox amid a horrendous four-game losing streak to start the 2025 campaign. Could the bats find a way to light things up in the first night game of the season? Here’s how the first Twins win of the season finally came to pass.

The Twins needed to get off to a hot start on a cold 42° evening on the South Side of Chicago. The wind was blowing fiercely “in,” and the offenses were going to face an uphill battle against the conditions. With the Twins coming into the game unable to score in their last 14 innings, the incline seemed overwhelming.

Rookie right-hander Shane Smith kicked off the tundra game with a walk to Matt Wallner, and a two-out Trevor Larnach bloop single put runners at the corners for Ryan Jeffers. The rookie caught Jeffers looking on a perfect down-and-away slider to end the threat, though, and he’d keep the Twins bats frozen in Smith’s MLB debut.

Simeon Woods Richardson came into Tuesday night’s contest as the only Twins starter who hadn’t gotten a chance in the 2025 season, and no one could have imagined just how much pressure he would be facing to get the Twins into the win column after a brutal opening week on the road. Nick Maton worked another lead-off walk on a full count, and Twins fans held their collective breath as the powerful Luis Robert strode to the plate. A strike-em-out, throw-em-out, later, Woods Richardson and fans could breathe easy again.

Here We Go Again?
The Twins went down in order with three feeble groundouts to start the second inning, The White Sox decided that one good inning by a Twins starting pitcher was enough, as Andrew Benintendi whiffle-balled a 75-mph floater to the outfield, and scampered to third on a single up the middle by Lenyn Sosa. Brooks Baldwin hit a pop fly toward the net in foul territory in left field, and Larnach had it bounce off his glove as he collided with the net. One pitch later, it was 1-0 White Sox on another single up the middle. Woods Richardson left the ducks on the pond from there, but once again, the Twins found themselves looking up at their opponent in the early innings.