After homering twice on Sunday night, Jiménez did it again Monday in an 11-1 win over the Twins at Target Field. He became the first player in franchise history to have two home runs and five RBIs on consecutive days, and he also became the fastest White Sox hitter to reach 50 homers (187 games).
What makes Monday’s feat even more impressive is that it took Jiménez just two innings to send two balls out of the yard. His first-inning homer was a moonshot, soaring over the grassy batter’s eye to a projected distance of 454 feet. In the second, Jiménez whacked an above-zone fastball quickly into the seats in left.
Chicago starter Lucas Giolito demanded his share of attention, too, spinning a dazzling eight innings of one-run, two-hit ball with eight strikeouts. He faced the minimum through seven innings, and worked through eight innings against the Twins for the second time this season.
Not to be overlooked, Tim Anderson homered in the first at-bat of the game, which he also did Sunday night against the Cubs. The White Sox have been on a first-inning homer craze the past two days, with five home runs combined in the opening frame. They had just three first-inning homers over their previous 55 games.
Robert, playing for the first time since suffering a right hip flexor tear on May 2, chipped in with an RBI double in the fifth inning. He misread a sinking line drive in the second, but the reigning Gold Glove winner recalibrated in time to make a lunging grab.
