Yeah, no way was he going to turn 2, and imo the most precious thing in that situation, to loosely paraphrase Earl, was your runner on third. There is always a good chance of being thrown out at the plate from the 1st or 3rd baseman on a fielded ball when going home from third base, but if he simply waits and the ball gets by the 3rd baseman, he can walk home. If not he forces the 3rd baseman to still make a play while maintaining his position on 3rd. There is not much downside to playing it conservatively in that situation with 0 out, but getting thrown out at the plate was a huge advantage to the White Sox.
It was such a bang bang play, though, I don't think criticism is warranted here, he will score on that exact same play other times.