Chicago ? Kyle Lohse made a beeline for his hiding spot in the dugout when the eighth inning was done, doing his best to avoid Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire.

This was his chance to finally get a complete game, and no way was Gardenhire taking him out.

Minnesota's Jacque Jones is congratulated by teammates after hitting a home run. The Twins beat the White Sox, 5-0 Tuesday in Chicago.

Lohse got his wish, scattering four hits for the first complete game of his career as the Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0 Tuesday night.

“He came in after the eighth inning going, ‘I got it, it’s mine,”‘ Gardenhire said. “So I just sat back down.”

Torii Hunter drove in two runs and robbed the White Sox of at least one with yet another defensive gem. Jacque Jones hit his second leadoff homer in as many days for the Twins, who extended their AL Central lead to 16 1/2 games over Chicago.

It was the sixth straight loss for the White Sox, who dropped a season-high 10 games under .500.

“We don’t want to get too laid back. We hate to lose as much as everybody else,” Hunter said. “It might seem like we’re trying to bury some guys, but we’re just trying to win every day.”

Lohse (11-7) struck out eight and walked two. The White Sox didn’t get a hit after the fifth, and had only one baserunner in the last four innings.

“I felt real strong,” Lohse said. “It’s a good feeling, first complete game and first shutout.”

Hunter should get some of the credit, though. Trailing 4-0, the White Sox had runners at the corners with two outs in the fifth after David Ortiz’s error.

Carlos Lee hit a sharp fly to center that could have scored at least one, if not two, runs. But Hunter made yet another dazzling catch, leaping at the center-field wall to snag the ball and the third out before tumbling to the warning track.

“That was big. That gets by him and they score a couple of runs,” Lohse said.

“You look at it and you realize he maybe got away with something there because not too many guys can track a ball down like he can.”

Yankees 7, Angels 5

New York Bernie Williams singled three times, giving him 10 straight multihit games, and Jason Giambi homered and drove in three runs to lead New York past Anaheim.

The Yankees took advantage of a career high-tying seven walks by Aaron Sele (8-9) and a key error by third baseman Troy Glaus to break a sixth-inning tie. Giambi singled home the go-ahead run and Williams followed with an RBI single off Sele. Andy Pettitte (8-4) earned the win.

Williams’ streak is the longest of its kind since Chuck Knoblauch’s 10-game string in 1996 for Minnesota, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Athletics 6, Indians 3

Cleveland Jermaine Dye hit a three-run homer and Eric Chavez had a two-run shot as streaking Oakland won its seventh straight game.

Dye homered in the third off Cleveland’s Jake Westbrook (1-2) and Chavez went deep in the first as the A’s improved to 14-4 in August. Oakland’s first 11 hits came with two outs.

Rookie Aaron Harang (5-3) took a shutout into the sixth and four relievers finished, with Billy Koch getting four outs for his 32nd save. Harang allowed two runs and five hits in five-plus innings.

Tigers 6, Mariners 3

Detroit Damion Easley and Bobby Higginson hit back-to-back homers in the sixth inning, and Detroit beat Seattle for the second straight night.

Freddy Garcia (13-9) allowed five runs on 11 hits and three walks, striking out eight in 6 1/3 innings. He is 2-4 in his last seven starts, dating back to July 19.

Orioles 7, Devil Rays 4

Baltimore Gary Matthews Jr. hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, capping a rally against rookie Lee Gardner that pushed Baltimore past Tampa Bay.

The Orioles scored four runs in the ninth, all unearned.

Matthews hit a 2-0 pitch off Gardner (0-1) well over the right-field wall, snapping a 2-for-31 skid.

Rangers 3, Boston 2,

10 innings

Boston Ivan Rodriguez homered to tie it in the ninth inning and Todd Hollandsworth hit a solo shot in the 10th as Texas won its fifth straight.

Derek Lowe pitched seven-plus innings of four-hit ball in his bid to become the AL’s first 18-game winner.

He left with a 2-1 lead, but Red Sox closer Ugueth Urbina blew his fifth save in 33 chances when Rodriguez led off the ninth with his 11th home run.