White sox first. Mike Tauchman strikes out swinging. Miguel Vargas walks. Kyle Teel walks. Miguel Vargas to second. Lenyn Sosa singles to left field. Kyle Teel to second. Miguel Vargas scores.

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.

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox enter a matchup with the Minnesota Twins as losers of three games in a row. Chicago has a 26-37 record at home and a 45-83 record overall. The White Sox have a 21-11 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Catcher Kyle Teel [featured in the August 2021 issue of (201)] made his major league debut with the Chicago White Sox. The former Mahwah High School standout was drafted 14th overall by the Boston Red Sox in the 2023 MLB Draft and was traded to Chicago in 2024.

The feel in the White Sox clubhouse following an 11-10 loss to the Braves on Tuesday night at Truist Park was understandably dour, overall frustrated and bordering on anger.

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox take on the Atlanta Braves after Kyle Teel had four hits against the Braves on Monday. Atlanta is 56-69 overall and 30-31 in home games. The Braves have the 10th-best team on-base percentage in the majors at .320.

Rookie Hurston Waldrep threw a career-best seven scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Chicago White Sox 1-0 on Wednesday in the rubber game of their three-game interleague series.