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MLB: Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:23 by preet_20

Minneapolis, Sept. 1: Jose Morales had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth inning Tuesday to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

Michael Cuddyer homered twice for the Twins, who have won nine of their last 11 games and remain 3 1/2 games behind AL Central-leading Detroit.

Jon Rauch (2-0) got the win after pitching the top of the ninth.

Alexei Ramirez and Gordon Beckham homered for the White Sox, who have lost five in a row and nine of 10.

Jason Kubel singled off Matt Thornton (6-3) to begin the ninth. Brendan Harris singled an out later to put runners at the corners. After Carlos Gomez struck out, Morales got his first hit since July 11 to drive in the winning run.

MLB: Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 7

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:28 by preet_20

Minneapolis, July 12: Jim Thome's four RBI, three coming on a sixth-inning double, led the Chicago White Sox to an 8-7 win over the Minnesota Twins Saturday.

Thome's three-run double gave Chicago an 8-3 lead with two outs in the top of the sixth. Brian Anderson and Paul Konerko had two hits and two RBI apiece.

Scott Podsednik had one RBI while Gordon Beckham had three hits and also scored three times for the White Sox, who beat the Twins in Minneapolis for the first time this season.

The winner was starter Gavin Floyd (7-6). He went 7 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on eight hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.

Closer Bob Jenks earned his 20th save despite giving up two runs in the bottom of the ninth.