White Sox Move Into Tie for First

Carl Everett, Paul Konerko and Carlos Lee homered to support the pitching of Bartolo Colon, and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners, 12-1, Friday night at Seattle for their fifth consecutive win.

Everett had five runs batted in as the White Sox moved into a first-place tie with Kansas City in the Central Division. They have won 13 of 14 since trailing the Royals by eight games on July 17.

Freddy Garcia (9-11) lost his fifth consecutive decision. He gave up seven runs in 1 2/3 innings, yielding seven hits and two walks.

Colon (9-9) won his third start in a row. In eight innings, he gave up one run and six singles, walked none and struck out eight.

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Oakland 3, New York 2 -- Miguel Tejada hit a two-out homer in the bottom of the 10th inning off Antonio Osuna (2-3). The Yankees appeared headed for their fourth straight road win until Alfonso Soriano booted Tejada’s routine two-out grounder in the eighth, allowing Mark Ellis to score the tying run from second base.

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Tampa Bay 9, Kansas City 6 -- The Royals lost their fourth consecutive game, matching the worst streak of the season for the Central Division co-leaders. Raul Ibanez homered and drove in five runs, but it wasn’t enough at Kansas City. Travis Lee homered and drove in four runs to help the Devil Rays win their fourth in a row.

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Texas 10, Cleveland 3 -- Mark Teixeira and Todd Greene each homered twice at Arlington, Texas, and the Rangers tied a team record by hitting seven home runs. It was the third time in club history the Rangers hit seven home runs in a game. They last accomplished the feat Sept. 21, 1998, against the Minnesota Twins.

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Minnesota 10, Detroit 4 -- At Minneapolis, the Twins beat the Tigers for the 16th time in a row. They have not lost to Detroit since May 5, 2002, and have outscored the Tigers, 99-32, during that span.

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Baltimore 2, Boston 1 -- Pat Hentgen (4-5) looked far more like the 1996 Cy Young winner than a pitcher who underwent elbow surgery two years ago. He took a three-hitter into the ninth inning at Baltimore before giving up a leadoff homer to Johnny Damon.