The Chicago White Sox have ended their 12-year postseason drought.

Chicago punched its ticket with a 4-Three victory towards the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. The White Sox are the primary American League group to safe a spot in MLB’s expanded 16-team postseason.

MVP candidate Jose Abreu introduced the White Sox again twice Thursday, first with a solo homer then with an RBI single within the seventh that countered Twins star Josh Donaldson’s go-ahead, ejection-prompting dinger. Eloy Jimenez adopted with the go-ahead RBI double.

The White Sox will now set their sights on a division championship. They haven’t received the AL Central since 2008. Their lead over Minnesota grew to a few video games on Thursday, and the magic quantity for the division crown dropped to eight.

The White Sox are additionally making a bid for the No. 1 total seed within the AL. Whereas home-field received’t maintain the identical which means this season, it will be a exceptional accomplishment for one in every of MLB’s youngest groups.

The Los Angeles Dodgers turned the primary MLB group to nail down a postseason spot on Wednesday afternoon.

Chicago White Sox’s Eloy Jimenez reacts on second after hitting an RBI double off Minnesota Twins aid pitcher Sergio Romo through the seventh inning of a baseball sport, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Chicago. Yolmer Sanchez scored on the play. (AP Photograph/Charles Rex Arbogast)Extra

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