Stewart, Santana Send Twins Past White Sox

Shannon Stewart drove in two runs and Johan Santana won his fourth consecutive decision, and the Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox, 4-1, Wednesday night at Chicago.

The Twins pulled within a game of the American League Central-leading White Sox.

Santana (10-3) kept Chicago off-balance to help the Twins end a six-game losing streak to the White Sox.

The left-hander was winless in his first nine appearances against the White Sox. He gave up six hits and a run in 6 1/3 innings Wednesday.

Eddie Guardado earned his 34th save.

“They made some key pitches in key situations,” Chicago’s Frank Thomas said. “When we had men on, they found ways to get us out.”

Boston 5, Baltimore 0 -- Pedro Martinez (12-4) gave up three hits in eight innings at Baltimore, and the Red Sox remained 3 1/2 games behind New York in the AL East.

New York 15, Detroit 5 -- Jorge Posada hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high seven runs at New York to back up Andy Pettitte (18-8).

Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 5 -- Vernon Wells and Carlos Delgado hit consecutive home runs in the seventh inning to lift the Blue Jays at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Kansas City 9, Cleveland 7 -- Brent Mayne’s two-run double highlighted a five-run fifth inning, and the Royals ended a four-game home losing streak.

Seattle 3, Texas 1 -- Joel Pineiro (14-10) threw a four-hitter to beat the Rangers in a game at Seattle delayed 34 minutes by a power outage in the fourth inning.