"It’s the day you look forward to for a very long time," Smith said of his debut. "And to finally have it happen is pretty surreal. Just a lot of excitement."

Jose Miranda delivered a go-ahead, two-run single in a five-run sixth inning and Ryan Jeffers and Ty France each had two hits and an RBI as the Minnesota Twins topped the host Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Tuesday.

Woods Richardson made way for Louie Varland, who gave up a solo home run to designated hitter Nick Maton but still earned the victory. After that, a quartet of Twins relievers — Cole Sands, Jorge Alcala, Griffin Jax and Danny Coulombe — each turned in a scoreless inning to secure the Twins’ first win of the season.