CHICAGO -- The Twins scored twice against closer Matt Lindstrom with two outs in the ninth inning, including a go-ahead triple from Oswaldo Arcia, to down the White Sox, 10-9, in a wild game on Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field.The Twins entered the ninth down by a run, after a go-ahead homer from Marcus Semien in the bottom of the eighth, but rallied against Lindstrom. Josh Willingham drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a groundout from Chris Colabello, who had set a career high with six RBIs.Trevor Plouffe then came through with an RBI single on a 3-2 fastball from Lindstrom before Arcia delivered a deep drive to center field just out of the reach of Adam Eaton to bring home Plouffe. 
It came after the Twins had tied the game in the eighth on a solo shot from Josmil Pinto off Ronald Belisario. It was the first homer of the year for the Twins, who blew an early lead.Right-hander Anthony Swarzak came in to pitch the sixth inning, with Minnesota clinging to a 5-4 lead. But Swarzak struggled, loading the bases with one out before walking Semien to tie the game and surrendering a three-run triple to Jose Abreu on an 0-2 curveball.The Twins rallied for two runs in the seventh, when Nate Jones walked Brian Dozier and Joe Mauer to lead off the inning. Right-hander Maikel Cleto came in and gave up an RBI groundout to Colabello and a two-out RBI single to Plouffe.Arcia nearly tied the game with a deep drive off Cleto with two outs and Plouffe on first, but Eaton made an impressive running catch at the wall in center field to rob Arcia of extra bases.The Twins saw a strong showing from Colabello, who gave Minnesota an early 3-1 lead on a three-run double on an 0-2 fastball from White Sox left-hander Jose Quintana in the third inning. Colabello later added a two-run double off Quintana to give Minnesota a 5-1 lead.Right-hander Phil Hughes, who gave up a solo homer to Alejandro De Aza in the second, was in line for the win in his first start with the Twins since joining the club on a three-year, $24 million deal this offseason. But he ran into trouble in the fifth, surrendering an RBI double to Abreu and a two-run homer to Adam Dunn to make it a one-run game.Hughes saw his season debut finish after just five innings. He gave up four runs on seven hits and a walk, with seven strikeouts.Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
It came after the Twins had tied the game in the eighth on a solo shot from Josmil Pinto off Ronald Belisario. It was the first homer of the year for the Twins, who blew an early lead.Right-hander Anthony Swarzak came in to pitch the sixth inning, with Minnesota clinging to a 5-4 lead. But Swarzak struggled, loading the bases with one out before walking Semien to tie the game and surrendering a three-run triple to Jose Abreu on an 0-2 curveball.The Twins rallied for two runs in the seventh, when Nate Jones walked Brian Dozier and Joe Mauer to lead off the inning. Right-hander Maikel Cleto came in and gave up an RBI groundout to Colabello and a two-out RBI single to Plouffe.Arcia nearly tied the game with a deep drive off Cleto with two outs and Plouffe on first, but Eaton made an impressive running catch at the wall in center field to rob Arcia of extra bases.The Twins saw a strong showing from Colabello, who gave Minnesota an early 3-1 lead on a three-run double on an 0-2 fastball from White Sox left-hander Jose Quintana in the third inning. Colabello later added a two-run double off Quintana to give Minnesota a 5-1 lead.Right-hander Phil Hughes, who gave up a solo homer to Alejandro De Aza in the second, was in line for the win in his first start with the Twins since joining the club on a three-year, $24 million deal this offseason. But he ran into trouble in the fifth, surrendering an RBI double to Abreu and a two-run homer to Adam Dunn to make it a one-run game.Hughes saw his season debut finish after just five innings. He gave up four runs on seven hits and a walk, with seven strikeouts.Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
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