Minneapolis ? Bobby Kielty ruined Mark Buehrle’s quest for 20 wins with a two-run homer in the eighth inning Saturday, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-2 victory against the Chicago White Sox.

With two outs, Michael Restovich singled and Kielty hit Buehrle’s pitch high into right-center field to give the AL Central champions their fourth win in five games.

With a crowd of 32,072 waving their Homer Hankies, Kielty came out for a curtain call.

Buehrle (19-12) was trying to become the first White Sox pitcher to win 20 games since Jack McDowell won 22 in 1993. He gave up 10 hits, three runs and a walk in eight inning, while striking out seven.

LaTroy Hawkins (6-0) pitched the eighth for the victory. Eddie Guardado pitched the ninth for his 45th save in 51 chances.

Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run single and shortstop Jose Valentin turned two spectacular double plays for the White Sox.

Since they’ll be facing Oakland’s standout left-handers Mark Mulder and Barry Zito next week in the playoffs, Buehrle gave the Twins a good tuneup.

They hit him hard early but left two runners on in each of the first two innings. Then he found his groove.

Cristian Guzman doubled in the first and barely beat Aaron Rowand’s strong throw from center on a single by Matthew LeCroy. Torii Hunter doubled, but Buehrle got Doug Mientkiewicz to ground out and end the inning.

Michael Cuddyer and A.J. Pierzynski led off the second with singles and moved up on Denny Hocking’s sacrifice bunt, but Jacque Jones struck out and Guzman popped out.

A one-out double by Cuddyer in the fourth was wiped out when Jose Valentin made an over-the-shoulder catch of Pierzynski’s blooper and whirled to throw out Cuddyer.

Minnestoa's Bobby Kielty connects for the go-ahead home run during Saturday's game in Minneapolis.

Twins starter Kyle Lohse finished up a strong season by striking out seven in five innings. Lohse, fifth in the rotation coming out of spring training, helped keep an injury-depleted staff together with 31 starts and 180 2/3 innings second on the team behind veteran Rick Reed.

Angels 8, Mariners 4

Anaheim, Calif. Brad Fullmer hit a two-run triple and a single during a seven-run sixth inning, helping Anaheim.

The Angels, the AL wild card winner, extended a team record with their 98th victory. They matched a club mark of 53 home wins set in 1967.

Mickey Callaway (2-1), backed by an 8-0 lead, allowed three runs and eight hits in eight innings. Ryan Franklin (7-5) was charged with eight runs two earned and 12 hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Yankees 4, Orioles 2

Baltimore David Wells (19-7) allowed two hits in six innings, and Bernie Williams had three hits and two RBIs.

The Orioles lost their 11th in a row, matching the fourth-longest skid in team history.

Geronimo Gil homered off Mariano Rivera in the eighth for the Orioles. Baltimore has lost 31 of 35, including eight straight at home.

Williams hit a two-run double off Travis Driskill (8-8) in a three-run fifth inning that broke open a scoreless game.

Athletics 10, Rangers 8

Arlington, Texas Terrance Long and Eric Byrnes had consecutive RBI singles in the seventh inning, helping Oakland rally from a five-run deficit.

Miguel Tejada homered twice for the A’s, who still remained a half-game behind the New York Yankees in the competition for home-field advantage through the AL playoffs.

Texas led 7-2 in the third and was ahead 7-6 in the seventh when Danny Kolb (3-6) hit Jermaine Dye with a pitch and walked Olmedo Saenz, the only two batters he faced.

Long hit a pinch-single off Juan Alvarez that tied the score, and Byrnes broke the tie.

Blue Jays 10, Tigers 2

Toronto Carlos Delgado hit his 10th home run in September, and Toronto matched its season high by winning its sixth straight. Eric Hinske hit his 24th homer for the Blue Jays, 43-32 since the All-Star break.

Justin Miller (9-5) won for the sixth time in seven starts, allowing two runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings. Jason Beverlin (0-3) lost his third straight start, and the Tigers (55-105) made two errors that increased their league-leading total to 142.

Devil Rays 9, Red Sox 6

Boston Boston’s Manny Ramirez doubled twice, going 2-for-4 to improve his AL-leading batting average to .349.

Randy Winn homered during a seven-run seventh and singled in the eighth for his team-record 180th hit.

Victor Zambrano (8-8) allowed four runs, six hits and four walks in six innings, and Lance Carter finished for his second save. Bobby Howry (3-6) was the loser.