Aaron Civale started for the White Sox. He went 6.1 innings, walking two batters and allowing the lone hit, a single to Zach Neto leading off the bottom of the fourth inning. Civale struck out eight.

The Twins’ fire sale was so ruthless that 27-year-old reliever Louie Varland, the hometown kid who absolutely loved being a Twin, making only $8,150 more than the minimum salary, and wasn’t even ...