CHICAGO (AP) — Brooks Lee hit a bases-loaded double in the 11th inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night.
The Twins improved to 4-1 on their 10-game road trip and have won seven of nine overall. They had lost seven straight against the White Sox, last winning on Aug. 22, 2025.
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Minnesota Twins' Austin Martin hits a one-run single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Sean Burke throw against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami, of Japan, hits a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan throws against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Minnesota Twins' Brooks Lee celebrates after hitting a three-run double during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Luke Keaschall singled in the 11th and Byron Buxton drew a walk with an ABS challenge to load the bases for Lee. He cleared them on the third pitch he saw and gave Minnesota a 5-2 lead.
The Twins had nearly taken the lead in the 10th inning on Orlando Arcia's two-out single, but Kody Klemens was thrown out at home by Rikuu Nishida to end the inning.
Taylor Rogers (1-1) earned the win with a scoreless 10th, and Yoendrys Gómez earned his third save in the 11th.
Joe Ryan tied a season high with nine strikeouts, allowed five hits and issued no walks in 7 2/3 innings, his longest outing of the season. He was working on a shutout until Munetaka Murakami hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth inning.
The Twins were held hitless until the fourth inning. Trevor Larnach hit a leadoff double, Clemens got him home with a stand-up triple and Austin Martin drove in Clemens on a line-drive single.
Sean Burke allowed two runs in seven innings, allowing three hits while striking out eight and walking two. Tyler Davis (2-2) took the loss in relief.
White Sox RHP David Sandlin is slated to make his big league debut against Twins LHP Connor Prielipp (1-2, 4.03) in the third game of the four-game series. Sandlin will be the 10th player to debut with the White Sox this season.
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Minnesota Twins' Austin Martin hits a one-run single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Sean Burke throw against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami, of Japan, hits a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan throws against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Minnesota Twins' Brooks Lee celebrates after hitting a three-run double during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday called on major corporations across the U.S., including those that previously expressed support for voting rights and racial justice, to oppose redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House districts.
In a letter sent to more than 250 companies, members of the Black Caucus urge them to condemn the redistricting efforts, which the lawmakers describe as “coordinated efforts to silence Black voices at the ballot box.” Some of the companies had cosigned their own message to Congress five years ago urging lawmakers to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a Democratic proposal to restore and update the Voting Rights Act.
That 2021 coalition, Business for Voting Rights, was backed by many of the country’s most valuable and influential companies, including Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, Salesforce, Target, PayPal, Intel and Starbucks.
Tuesday's letter is the latest effort by the Congressional Black Caucus and its allies to gather support for preventing more Republican-led states from redrawing their legislative maps in ways that would dilute Black political representation. Several states have moved to eliminate congressional districts represented by Black Democratic lawmakers after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that severely weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
“Corporations that have profited from Black consumers, relied on Black workers, and amassed wealth in part from Black communities cannot look away while Black political power is dismantled in plain sight,” Rep. Yvette Clarke, chair of the Black Caucus, said in an interview.
Clarke described the letter as “putting corporate America on notice,” but she said the caucus was not seeking an adversarial relationship with corporations. Among those receiving Tuesday's letter were companies based overseas that have a significant presence in the U.S.
The caucus last week called for Black athletes to boycott public universities in states that are gerrymandering their congressional maps to eliminate districts held by Black lawmakers. The 59-member Congressional Black Caucus consists entirely of Democrats, including more than a third from Southern states.
Some lawmakers have said mass protests and federal legislation might be necessary to undo the efforts underway in Republican-led states. Any new federal voting rights law would almost certainly require Democrats to secure majorities in both chambers of Congress and win the presidency.
It is unclear how companies will respond to the demands. One firm, the outdoor clothing company Patagonia, said that it had received the caucus' letter and endorsed its message.
“A healthy business depends on a healthy democracy,” said Corley Kenna, an executive at Patagonia. “Patagonia stands with those who work to increase representation and defend free and fair elections.”
The Associated Press reached out for comment to dozens of companies that were sent a letter by the caucus, but did not receive a response from most firms. Microsoft declined to comment.
“Many companies that previously issued statements after the murder of George Floyd, pledged billions toward racial equity initiatives, and spoke forcefully in defense of democracy following January 6 now face a defining test of whether those commitments were rooted in principle or convenience,” the caucus' letter states.
It also represents the latest instance of the caucus expressing frustrations with corporate America. A 2024 Black Caucus report noted that lawmakers were “troubled that some corporations that made pledges in 2020 have taken several steps in the opposite direction,” such as rolling back or failing to follow through on pledges to diversify their workforces.
“We understand who the occupant in the White House is and the reality of Republicans being in charge,” Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada said of the caucus’ message. “But what corporate America also understands is that there will be a shift at some point.”
The letter calls on companies to publicly condemn the redistricting plans, meet with Black Caucus members to discuss corporate America's role in protecting voting rights and disclose their political donations to Republican politicians in states that are redistricting their congressional maps.
President Donald Trump last year kicked off the unusual mid-decade round of congressional redistricting when he pushed Texas lawmakers to redraw their maps in a way that would add Republican seats. Democratic-led California responded, but it has been mostly Republican states redrawing their lines since as the party tries to maintain its majority in the U.S. House during this year's midterm elections.
The effort was supercharged by the Supreme Court decision, which allowed even more Republican states to redraw congressional maps that previously had protected minority communities.
Horsford, who chaired the Black Caucus during President Joe Biden's Democratic administration, said the caucus is demanding that companies “stand on the side of democracy, fairness and equal representation.”
“This is about power, who holds it and what it’s used for,” he said. “And when you’re diluting Black economic and political power, we need to know where these companies stand in this moment, and what side of history they’re on.”
FILE - Target CEO Michael Fiddelke speaks at Target's Financial Community Meeting at Target headquarters in Minneapolis, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Baker, File)
Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, prepares for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE—Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., center, is surrounded by members of the Congressional Black Caucus as they speak to reporters in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to strike down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and members of the Congressional Black Caucus speak outside the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
