MINNEAPOLIS — Twins shortstop Kyle Farmer was struck on the jaw by a pitch from White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito Wednesday, a 91-mph fastball that left Farmer down for several moments before he slowly walked off on his own with help from a trainer.

Official word from the Twins trainer’s room was that Farmer suffered a “jaw injury.”

Visibly upset, Giolito flinched when Farmer was struck, raising his hands to his head. He walked the next batter, Edourd Julien, on five pitches to load the bases. In the middle of the at-bat, pitching coach Ethan Katz came out to the mound.

Giolito got Michael Taylor to hit a ground ball to Andrew Vaughn near first base, but Vaughn bobbled the ball, settling for an easy out at first when he might have had a play at home on Ryan Jeffers. Jeffers reached third on a fly ball scored a triple when right fielder Gavin Sheets fell down retreating toward the wall as the Sox’ defense continued to be shaky during the entire series after a good start in its first 10 games.

Giolito bounced back in the fifth, striking out Byron Buxton and Jose Miranda in a perfect inning, and he pitched a scoreless sixth but the Sox trailed 1-0 in the rubber game of the series.

In his best start of three this season, Giolito pitched six innings of one-run, five-hit ball, walking two and striking out seven. He threw 108 pitches, 13 for swinging strikes.