Chicago ? Ozzie Guillen’s first month as a major-league manager has given him reason to fidget. The Chicago White Sox’s success has been anything but a breeze.

Chicago rallied for five runs in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday, beating the Cleveland Indians, 9-8, on Sandy Alomar Jr.’s sacrifice fly.

It marked the third time the White Sox overcame a ninth-inning deficit to win, and five of their seven home wins this season came in their final at-bat.

Guillen’s team is now 7-1 in one-run games.

“It’s fun to watch if you are a fan, but if you are in the dugout it gets intense every day, day-in and day-out,” Guillen said.

“A win is a win, but I wish we would win one easy before this thing is over,” he said.

Chicago trailed 8-2 after six innings. Still down 8-4, the White Sox then stormed back — it was the first time they’d overcome a four-run deficit to win in the bottom of the ninth since June 4, 1988.

Juan Uribe led off with a single, and Magglio Ordonez followed with a home run against David Riske. One out later, Carlos Lee doubled, and Rafael Betancourt (2-3) relieved.

On a blustery day at U.S. Cellular Field with wind gusting at 33 mph, Indians first baseman Ben Broussard — who entered the game in the ninth as a defensive replacement — dropped Paul Konerko’s towering popup for an error.

“The wind is blowing real hard, but the ball still has to be caught,” Indians manager Eric Wedge said. “There are no excuses.”

Chicago's Sandy Alomar Jr. (15) is mobbed by teammates Magglio Ordonez (30), Joe Crede (24) and Esteban Loaiza (21) after driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. The White Sox scored five runs in the ninth inning for a 9-8 victory over Cleveland on Wednesday in Chicago.

Joe Crede and Timo Perez followed with RBI singles to tie it at 8, and Alomar hit his sacrifice fly to right to score Crede.

After Wednesday’s implosion, the Indian bullpen stands at 3-8 overall, and has blown five of seven save opportunities.

Mike Jackson (1-0) gained the victory with two hitless innings of relief.

“I always think I’m going to win and you have to get 27 outs, but when you are behind by that many runs, it’s very difficult,” Alomar said.

“This team has done it in the past. You have to chip away,” he added. “They did the same thing to us yesterday little by little. They caught up and they went ahead and beat us.”

Twins 9, Blue Jays 5

Minneapolis — Pinch-hitter Michael Ryan singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and Minnesota beat Toronto.

The Blue Jays scored four times in the top of the eighth to make it 5-all. But Lew Ford led off the bottom half with a single, and Henry Blanco moved him to second with a sacrifice bunt. After Jason Frasor (0-1) intentionally walked Cristian Guzman, Terry Adams relieved. Ryan and Shannon Stewart followed with RBI singles, and Adams threw two wild pitches as the Twins added to their lead.

Juan Rincon (4-0) retired one batter in the eighth for his second win in as many nights.

Toronto’s Chris Woodward tied a career high with four hits — he did it for the first time in Sunday’s win at Baltimore.

Yankees 5, Athletics 1

New York — Jose Contreras earned his first win of the season, Jorge Posada and Jason Giambi homered, and New York sent Oakland to its fifth consecutive loss. Derek Jeter’s hitless skid reached 32 at-bats, but his teammates did more than enough to beat Mark Mulder. Giambi and Gary Sheffield each had an RBI single in a three-run first inning, helping the Yankees win their second game in a row since getting swept by Boston.

Tigers 10, Angels 2

Detroit — Bobby Higginson hit a two-run double in a five-run third inning, and Detroit ensured its first winning record in April since 1993 with a victory over Anaheim. With two games left this month, the Tigers (12-9) will end April above .500 one year after losing an AL-record 119 games in what was their 10th straight losing season. They went 3-21 in the opening month of the season last year.

Red Sox 6, Devil Rays 0

Boston — Curt Schilling pitched his best game with the Red Sox, and Jason Varitek hit a two-run homer to lead Boston to its fourth straight victory. Schilling (3-1) struck out eight, walked none and allowed five hits in 71/3 innings. He struck out the side in the seventh, ending the inning with a called third strike against Toby Hall on a 97 mph fastball. On his 106th pitch, Schilling retired Rey Sanchez on a fly to center leading off the eighth. Alan Embree relieved, and Schilling left to a standing ovation with a 5-0 lead.

Orioles 3, Mariners 1

Baltimore — Jay Gibbons’ two-run single snapped an eighth-inning tie, and Baltimore ended a three-game losing streak. The Orioles were limited to just one hit after the first inning until taking the lead in the eighth against Shigetoshi Hasegawa (1-3), who entered in relief of starter Jamie Moyer.