White Sox beat Twins 3-1, snapping four-game streak

The Chicago White Sox defeated the visiting Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Monday behind home runs from Munetaka Murakami and Drew Romo and six strong innings from starting pitcher Anthony Kay. The victory at Guaranteed Rate Field snapped the Twins' four-game winning streak and extended Chicago's recent home success.

Both teams traded solo home runs in the first inning. Minnesota's Brooks Lee connected off Kay just two batters into the game, but Murakami answered in the bottom half with his 18th home run of the season, a 375-foot drive to right field. The Japanese rookie's blast tied the game and ended his personal seven-game homerless drought.

Chicago took the lead for good in the second inning. After Tristan Peters drew a leadoff walk, reserve catcher Drew Romo hit a two-run home run to right field off Twins starter Zebby Matthews. It was Romo's fifth home run of the season.

That offense proved sufficient for Anthony Kay, who improved his record to 4-1. The left-hander allowed one run and five hits over six innings, walking one and striking out five. After yielding the early home run to Lee, Kay retired eight consecutive batters at one point and worked out of a jam with runners on the...