Colson Montgomery gave the White Sox the kind of lift that changes a night fast, and Erick Fedde made sure it held up.
Montgomery launched a two-run homer, Miguel Vargas and Braden Montgomery each added solo shots, and Chicago beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Friday night. The White Sox have now won after dropping four of five, and the power display was enough to back five sharp innings from Fedde.
Vargas got Chicago rolling right away with a homer in the first inning. Braden Montgomery followed with another solo blast in the second, and then Andrew Benintendi drew a walk before Colson Montgomery turned on a 416-foot drive to right-center off Zebby Matthews in the fourth.
That was the 30th home run of the season for both Vargas and Colson Montgomery. Vargas had never topped 16 before this year, while Montgomery has now gone deep 21 times in 2025 in his first major league season.
Fedde kept Minnesota quiet over five innings, allowing three hits while striking out two and walking two. The right-hander also followed up on his previous outing against the Twins, when he threw five innings of two-run ball in a 3-2 win last weekend.
Matthews took the loss to fall to 9-9, giving up four hits in five innings. It was his first defeat since July 24, and it came after a strong August in which he went 5-0 with a 2.90 ERA across five starts. In his previous outing against Chicago, he had allowed one run in a career-high 8 1/3 innings in Minnesota’s 5-1 win on Sunday.
Minnesota got a ninth-inning homer from Josh Bell, his 18th, and Kody Clemens finished with three of the Twins’ eight hits. But the rally never got off the ground.
Chicago’s bullpen finished the job from there. Hagen Smith worked two innings, Bryan Hudson handled the eighth, and Grant Taylor gave up two hits in the ninth, including Bell’s homer, before Luke Keaschall flied out to right to end it with two runners still aboard.
Kyle Teel went 0 for 3 in his return to the lineup after missing time with a sprained left ankle.
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