Twins defeat White Sox, 6-4, in Connor Prielipp's longest start yet

Bobby Nightengale, The Minnesota Star Tribune on Jun 2, 2026

Published in Baseball

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MINNEAPOLIS — The bottom three hitters in the Twins lineup gave Chicago White Sox starter Davis Martin his worst outing of the season in an otherwise banner start to the year, and the Twins bullpen staved off rallies with key strikeouts.

Maybe not the way everyone would have predicted, but the Twins outlasted Chicago for a 6-4 victory Tuesday at Target Field, clinching a series win in their second meeting with the White Sox in the past week.

Lefty starter Connor Prielipp yielded six hits and four runs in six innings, matching the longest start of his career. He struck out seven in his second MLB win.

The Twins, facing Martin for the second time in five days, pulled ahead with a four-run fourth inning. Trevor Larnach lined a one-out double to right field, Austin Martin drew a walk, and the runs piled up.

Luke Keaschall, batting seventh in the Twins lineup, hit an RBI single to left field. Tristan Gray, who has 25 hits and 25 RBIs this season, followed with a two-run single to left, then astutely advanced to second on a throw toward the plate. Gray stole third and then scored when Alex Jackson, the team’s No. 9 hitter, lined an RBI single to right field.

Martin, who gave up another run in the fifth inning after he issued two walks, allowed a season-high 10 hits and six runs in 4 2/3 innings. Previously, he permitted one or fewer runs in eight of his 11 starts, and never more than four runs.

The White Sox had the tying run at second base with one out in the seventh inning, but relievers Andrew Morris and Anthony Banda combined to preserve a two-run lead. Prielipp gave up two singles to start the inning, the first time he’s pitched in the seventh inning in the majors or minors.

After Morris replaced Prielipp, Chase Meidroth drove in a run with a slow roller to third base that turned into an infield single. Morris struck out the next two batters, including Miguel Vargas in a nine-pitch at-bat, before he plunked pinch-hitter Colson Montgomery.

Banda entered with the bases loaded and two outs, and he promptly struck out Sam Antonacci, eliciting loud cheers from the lively announced crowd of 15,358 that featured a “Tarps Off” section in center field.

The White Sox took a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Prielipp issued a leadoff walk to Luisangel Acuña in the third inning, a light-hitting utilityman who entered Tuesday batting .165 with zero homers in his last 291 at-bats. What Acuña does bring is speed, and he manufactured a run on his own.

Acuña stole second base on the next pitch. Three pitches later, he stole third with a large lead against Prielipp, and he scored when catcher Alex Jackson airmailed a wide throw into left field for an error.

After Acuña scored, the White Sox had four straight batters reach base. Miguel Vargas, who Twins manager Derek Shelton called “one of the best hitters in baseball” the previous night, lined a two-run single to left field.

Prielipp stranded two runners in the third inning and retired 11 of his next 12 batters.

The Twins, after falling into a three-run deficit, scored a run in the third inning after Gray hit a leadoff single, moved to second a balk and trotted to third when Jackson dropped a bunt. Brooks Lee, two batters later, hit a sacrifice fly.