With limited options left in his bullpen, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen had to call on closer Bobby Jenks again. Gordon Beckham hit a three-run home run in the seventh, Gavin Floyd pitched seven strong innings and Chicago held on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 on Tuesday night. The White Sox won for just the fifth time in 15 games, moving within 3 1/2 games of first-place Minnesota in the AL…

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Corey Patterson had just been doubled off first base on a short fly to center. When he reached the top step of the Baltimore Orioles dugout, manager Buck Showalter was waiting for him. Given Showalter's reputation, a scowl and a scolding were surely upcoming. Instead, Showalter asked Patterson to detail his thought process on the hit-and-run play.

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Corey Patterson had just been doubled off first base on a short fly to center. When he reached the top step of the Baltimore Orioles dugout, manager Buck Showalter was waiting for him. Given Showalter's reputation, a scowl and a scolding were surely upcoming. Instead, Showalter asked Patterson to detail his thought process on the hit-and-run play.

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Corey Patterson had just been doubled off first base on a short fly to center. When he reached the top step of the Baltimore Orioles dugout, manager Buck Showalter was waiting for him. Given Showalter's reputation, a scowl and a scolding were surely upcoming. Instead, Showalter asked Patterson to detail his thought process on the hit-and-run play.

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The reliable duo of Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero provided the Texas Rangers with a satisfactory finish to an otherwise lamentable road trip. Hamilton and Guerrero each hit three-run homers, Tommy Hunter earned his career-high 10th win and Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 Sunday to split the four-game series.

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Rookie Josh Bell hit his first two major league home runs, part of an unprecedented long-ball barrage against Cliff Lee that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the slumping Texas Rangers 8-6 Saturday. Ty Wigginton and Luke Scott also connected against Lee, who never before yielded four homers in a game.

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Rookie Josh Bell hit his first two major league home runs, part of an unprecedented long-ball barrage against Cliff Lee that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the slumping Texas Rangers 8-6 Saturday. Ty Wigginton and Luke Scott also connected against Lee, who never before yielded four homers in a game.

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C.J. Wilson had his way with the Baltimore Orioles in a commanding performance that included a career-high 12 strikeouts. Unfortunately, the left-hander had no control over Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington. Wilson came within an out of his third career complete game, allowing only three hits in a 2-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night that ended Texas' four-game losing…

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C.J. Wilson had his way with the Baltimore Orioles in a commanding performance that included a career-high 12 strikeouts. Unfortunately, the left-hander had no control over Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington. Wilson came within an out of his third career complete game, allowing only three hits in a 2-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night that ended Texas' four-game losing…

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Paul Konerko had five hits and four RBIs and Mark Buehrle pitched seven shutout innings to help Chicago slow surging Minnesota 11-0 on Thursday night. Buehrle (12-9) allowed five hits and struck out four. Konerko hit his 31st home run and had a double and three singles among Chicago's 21 hits to help the Sox avoid a sweep and shave the Twins' lead to four games in the AL Central.

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