CHICAGO — These days, you can’t keep the Twins down for too long.

And after the Twins were mostly quieted in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the White Sox — and for the first five innings of the second game — they finally broke through in the sixth.

From there, they were able to salvage the second game of the doubleheader, beating the White Sox 3-2, after falling 3-1 in the first game at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Twins, who won the first game of the series 8-6 on Monday, have now won six straight series.

Byron Buxton was largely responsible for helping manufacture the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, turning on the jets on a softly hit ball to shallow right field and speeding into second base.

He then scored on a Ryan Jeffers single, putting the Twins on top for the first time all day.

That came just an inning after Brooks Lee and Carlos Correa hit back-to-back home runs, pulling the Twins back even. Lee’s home run extended the Twins’ streak to 28 consecutive games with a home run, which tied the 2023 Atlanta Braves for second on the all-time list. Only the 2019 Yankees, who homered in 31 straight games, have a longer streak.

Matt Wallner was the man responsible for extending the streak in the first game, driving in the Twins’ only run in the loss. His seventh-inning home run was his second since returning from Triple-A on Sunday.

The Twins could do little else against White Sox pitching in that game despite loading the bases against Erick Fedde and forcing him to throw 24 pitches to the first three batters to start the day.

Fedde then retired the next three batters and followed it up with four more scoreless innings.

The White Sox broke through off starter Bailey Ober in the fifth inning for a run after he began the game with four hitless innings.  Luis Robert Jr. added another pair in the sixth with a two-run shot to center.

“(I) felt good, felt like I was executing, putting guys away early and making them swing and getting weak contact,” Ober said. “Outside the first hitter (a walk). Felt good, just have to finish better late in the game.”

While the Twins split the doubleheader, both Ober and Pablo López, who started the second game, did enough to keep the Twins competitive.

López gave up a run in the second inning and a solo home run to light-hitting catcher Martín Maldonado in the third and took a no-decision as the Twins surged ahead after his departure.

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