AMERICAN LEAGUE
Jason Kubel’s three-run homer highlighted an unruly seventh inning in the Minnesota Twin’s 10-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.
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The game was stopped for several minutes when fans threw hats and baseballs onto the turf and had the White Sox running for the shelter of the dugout.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire punted his hat over his head after third base umpire Marty Foster tossed him in the seventh for arguing a called strike on Denard Span, and fans responded by tossing dozens of hats, and several baseballs, onto the field.
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen quickly pulled his players off the field, and the Metrodome public address announcer warned the announced crowd of 31,493 that the Twins were risking a forfeit if the behavior continued.
The fans settled down after about five minutes, and the Twins had a four-run inning to erase a 4-3 deficit.
Joe Mauer tied the game with an RBI single and Kubel followed with his homer off Octavio Dotel for a 7-4 lead.
In other games it was:
• Angels 12, Yankees 6
• Indians 9, Tigers 4
• Mariners 8, Rangers 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, WASHINGTON
Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth homered as Philadelphia stretched its winning streak to five games with an 8-4 victory over Washington on Thursday.
The first-place Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the injury-riddled Nationals and took a one-game lead over idle New York in the National League East.
Washington has lost nine straight, tying this season’s longest streak and the worst skid since the Nationals moved from Montreal in 2005.
Rollins was 2-for-4 with a walk and three RBIs.
Werth’s solo homer and Rollins’ RBI groundout helped the Phillies go up 3-0 in the second. Rollins hit a two-run homer in the fourth to give Philadelphia a 5-2 lead.
Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell added RBI singles in a three-run sixth that gave the Phillies an 8-2 lead. Washington helped the Phillies by making three errors, two of which led to runs off starter John Lannan (6-11).
DIAMONDBACKS 2, DODGERS 1
At Los Angeles, Brandon Webb scattered six hits in eight innings to win his major league-leading 15th game, and Arizona extended its lead over Los Angeles to two games in the NL West.
Manny Ramirez, acquired by the Dodgers from Boston earlier on Thursday, was expected to make his Los Angeles debut last night against Arizona’s Randy Johnson in the second game of a four-game series.
In other games it was:
• Cubs 11, Brewers 4
• Braves 9, Cardinals 4
• Marlins 12, Rockies 2
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