Chicago ? Jacque Jones wasn’t counting his hits or adding up how many games the Minnesota Twins are ahead in the AL Central.

The time for doing math, he says, is in September.

Minnesota's Jacque Jones, right, is congratulated by Cristian Guzman after hitting a two-run home run. Jones had a career-high five hits as the Twins knocked off Chicago, 11-6, Monday at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Jones had a career-high five hits and a home run as Minnesota beat the Chicago White Sox 11-6 for their sixth straight win, increasing their division lead to 14 games.

“It was one of those nights where the ball was falling in. I wasn’t seeing it any differently than I did last night or two weeks ago,” Jones said.

Jones went 5-for-6 with a two-run homer in the second inning, and Dustan Mohr added a three-run shot in the sixth, when White Sox manager Jerry Manuel and reliever Rocky Biddle were ejected.

“We feel like every game is the first game of the season,” Jones said. “Our goal is to win every series, and then you can look back and the results will be pretty good.”

The huge lead isn’t a big deal to manager Ron Gardenhire, either.

“Last year we got caught up looking at the scoreboard and it killed us,” he said. “We’re going to just take care of our business.”

The Twins got 17 hits, just hours after the White Sox fired pitching coach Nardi Contreras and replaced him with Don Cooper.

Rick Reed (8-5) allowed three runs and six hits in five innings, including a two-run homer by Carlos Lee. Frank Thomas added a solo shot off reliever Tony Fiore, and Lee had a two-run double in the ninth.

Todd Ritchie (5-14), with the most losses in the majors, lasted just 42â3 innings. He gave up five runs and 11 hits, walking four.

Blue Jays 6, Orioles 3

Baltimore Vernon Wells had his first career two-homer game, and Chris Woodward and Carlos Delgado also connected to lead Toronto past Baltimore. Wells, who had 14 homers in his previous 152 games, hit solo shots in the fifth and sixth innings. His first home run preceded a drive by Woodward, and his second followed a three-run blast by Delgado.