Sonny Gray closed in on Gerrit Cole for the AL ERA lead, Edouard Julien and Jorge Polanco homered and the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Sunday.
Minnesota , nearing its third division title in five seasons, leads second-place Cleveland by seven games with 12 games remaining.
Gray lowered his ERA from 2.96 to 2.84, just behind Cole, who leads the AL at 2.81 for the New York Yankees. Gray gave up five hits in seven innings, struck out six and walked none, ending a three-start winless streak. He allowed leadoff doubles in the fourth and six innings, then retired three straight both times.Dylan Cease allowed three runs, four hits and three walks in six innings.
Julien hit a three-run homer in the fifth, his 14th home run this season, and Polanco added his 13th of the season against Luis Patiño in the eighth.Twins third base coach Tommy Watkins had to dive, sending his helmet rolling, to avoid Ryan Jeffers’ foul liner.Bench coach Jayce Tingler was Minnesota's acting manager while Rocco Baldelli is away, awaiting the birth of twins.
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