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Thursday, May 8th, 2008

American League Game Summary - Minnesota at Chicago

Final Score: Minnesota 2 - Chicago WSox 6

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Juan Uribe and Jermaine Dye each homered to lead Chicago past division rival Minnesota, 6-2, in the rubber match of a three-game series at U.S. Cellular Field.

John Danks (3-3) earned the win by allowing two runs on six hits and two walks, while fanning five in his five-inning start for the White Sox. The bullpen, anchored by Bobby Jenks, pitched four scoreless innings, allowing just two hits with one walk and six strikeouts.

"[Octavio Dotel] needs to pitch more often," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said of his reliever that recorded five strikeouts in just two innings. "He put on a show today. That was his best performance in a White Sox uniform."

Dye and Carlos Quentin each tallied two hits, while Joe Crede scored twice for the victors.

In his first start since April 4, Kevin Slowey (0-2) took the loss after surrendering three runs on four hits through five innings for the Twins, who had won six of their previous seven. The young righty was placed on the disabled list with a right biceps strain after his lone start earlier this season.

Joe Mauer and Delmon Young each registered two singles for Minnesota, which did not record an extra-base hit in the loss.

The Twins failed to score with runners on the corners in the second inning, which proved to be the only threat for either team until the fifth.

Minnesota struck first with two in the frame, as Matt Tolbert and Mauer recorded a pair of two-out RBI singles to score Brendan Harris and Adam Everett, respectively.

Dye brought a run back in the home half by slamming a 2-0 offering into the left field bleachers for his third homer in as many games. Later in the frame, Uribe smoked Slowey's payoff pitch over the left field wall for a two-run shot that gave Chicago the lead for good.

"This was a game of two parts," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We were going along pretty good early, and then we gave up a couple of runs. Slowey overthrew a couple pitches and left a couple pitches up. They jumped ahead and took the game's momentum on their side."

The Sox added another in the seventh when Alexei Ramirez started a two-out rally with a single. After Ramirez stole second, Quentin delivered an RBI single up the middle to knock in the shortstop.

The Twins had a chance to cut into their two-run deficit in the eighth, but Mauer was tagged out between third and home, getting caught in a rundown following Michael Cuddyer's weak grounder to third.

In the eighth, the Sox pushed ahead by four. The home team loaded the bases with one out as reliever Brian Bass looked to get out of the jam with a tailor-made 5-4-3 double-play ball. But Uribe took out the second baseman Harris with a hard slide to force in another tally.

A batter later, Justin Morneau couldn't handle Tolbert's low throw from third, scoring Crede for the sixth and final Sox run.

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