White Sox's streak ends at 4 with loss to Twins

MINNEAPOLIS - Willians Astudillo hit a go-ahead, 2-run homer in the sixth inning off Dallas Keuchel, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 4-3 victory to stop a four-game winning streak for the White Sox on Tuesday night.

Rookie starter Griffin Jax (3-1) gave the Twins a career-high 6 innings, after falling behind 3-2 on consecutive homers by Adam Engel and Jose Abreu in the third.

Jax, the first Air Force Academy graduate to appear in the major leagues, struck out a career-best 10 batters with only one walk. The White Sox have homered in a season-most 12 straight games.

Keuchel (7-6) gave up 4 runs in 6 innings with only one strikeout and is just 1-4 with a 5.72 ERA and 10 homers allowed in his last seven turns. The left-hander walked four in six innings. Three of those runners scored, including Miguel Sano before Astudillo - the burly utility man nicknamed "La Tortuga" - dropped to one knee and muscled a 1-0 pitch into the left-field bleachers.

Astudillo, playing third base for Josh Donaldson, later caught a line drive smashed by Abreu and whipped a throw to first base to double up Tim Anderson and end the eighth as he skipped off the field with his infectious enthusiasm.

The White Sox (67-47) whiffed in their opportunity to move a season-high 22 games above .500, a mark they haven't reached since Sept. 13, 2006, but there's not much for them to worry about with a lead on Cleveland that was at 10½ games at the beginning of the day. Now that they're nearly fully healthy again, their biggest challenge will be to stay sharp for the next two months in lieu of a pennant race in this division full of renovation projects.

The Twins, who managed only 2 hits off White Sox starter Lucas Giolito on Monday, had Donaldson in the lineup for the first time in four games due to a hamstring strain. He was the designated hitter for the eighth time this season and is slated to return to third base on Friday.