CHICAGO – Leury García homered from both sides of the plate, helping Dallas Keuchel and the Chicago White Sox pound the Minnesota Twins 10-3 on Saturday.Edwin Encarnación hit a two-run drive as the White Sox bounced back nicely after losing 10-5 to the reigning AL Central champions on Friday night.
Eloy Jiménez and James McCann also went deep on the second day of the pandemic-delayed 60-game season.Keuchel allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings in his White Sox debut after agreeing to a $55.5 million, three-year contract in December.
The veteran left-hander threw 73 pitches, 47 for strikes.Nelson Cruz connected for Minnesota, which hit a major league-record 307 homers last year.