White Sox Overcome Rain Delay at SkyDome

Frank Thomas hit a go-ahead single in the 13th inning as the Chicago White Sox won their season-high seventh straight game, 4-3, over the Toronto Blue Jays in a rain-soaked SkyDome on Thursday night at Toronto.

A sudden shower forced a rare rain delay at SkyDome, where the retractable roof was open when bad weather moved in during the top of the sixth inning.

The 26-minute stoppage was the fourth and longest rain delay at SkyDome, which opened in 1989.

Chicago’s Maggio Ordonez went four for six, tying a career high in hits.

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Oakland 3, Seattle 0 -- Mark Mulder had a season-high 11 strikeouts in seven innings and Eric Chavez hit a solo homer to lead the Athletics at Seattle. Mulder (13-7) missed a career high by one strikeout and gave up seven hits -- all singles.

Oakland has 10 shutouts this season, second in the majors to Seattle’s 11.

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Baltimore 5, New York 3 -- The Orioles knocked Roger Clemens out of the game after four innings, and Jeff Conine and B.J. Surhoff hit home runs in support of Sidney Ponson at New York. Ponson (14-5) tied Toronto’s Roy Halladay and Atlanta’s Russ Ortiz for the major league lead in victories.

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Tampa Bay 15, Boston 9 -- Damian Rolls hit a grand slam to highlight a seven-run fifth inning and the Devil Rays got a team-record 21 hits at Boston. Rolls’ first major league slam helped him drive in a career-high five runs. Antonio Perez also had a career-best five runs batted in.

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Minnesota 6, Kansas City 2 -- Pinch-hitter A.J. Pierzynski singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning after Shannon Stewart’s hustle on a bunt forced a key misplay to lead the Twins at Minneapolis. Jacque Jones homered and drove in three runs for the Twins.

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Detroit 7, Cleveland 4 -- Craig Monroe homered and the Tigers roughed up pitcher C.C. Sabathia (8-6) in a four-run fifth inning at Cleveland to end their six-game losing streak.