Minneapolis ? As usual, Frank Thomas had nothing to say to reporters after the game.

That’s OK. His swings are making the big statements anyway.

Thomas had a season-high four hits, including a three-run homer, and Esteban Loaiza snapped a three-start losing streak to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Minnesota Twins, 10-3, Thursday night.

Thomas finished a triple shy of the cycle. He homered in a six-run second inning for the White Sox, who opened the four-game series against their division rivals with their third straight win and fourth in five games.

“He’s hitting the ball well,” Loaiza said. “I think everybody’s hitting the ball well.”

The Big Hurt also had a huge day on Wednesday in Cleveland, reaching base five times and driving in a season-high five runs in a 15-3 victory over the Indians.

Paul Konerko added two solo shots — one off reliever Terry Mulholland in the seventh and another off Grant Balfour in the ninth. Jose Valentin was the only Chicago starter who didn’t have at least one hit as the White Sox roughed up starter Seth Greisinger and moved within a game of the first-place Twins.

Konerko stopped short of saying the win sent a message to the reigning AL Central champs.

“Not when you play guys so many times,” he said. “It’s just one win. It’s definitely better than losing, but we still haven’t won the series yet.”

Loaiza (5-3) pitched seven innings, allowing nine hits and three runs. His last victory was April 29 against Toronto. The White Sox had scored a combined six runs in Loaiza’s last three starts.

“Hopefully, we just come back tomorrow and get some more runs like we did today,” Loaiza said.

It didn’t hurt that two of Minnesota’s best hitters — Shannon Stewart and Doug Mientkiewicz — were too banged up to play.

Jacque Jones homered for the Twins in the fifth inning to make it 7-3. Loaiza’s first pitch of the inning was a fastball down the middle that Jones sent 431 feet to right.

But that was as much offense as Minnesota could muster against last year’s AL Cy Young runner-up.

“Loaiza was OK,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.

Mariners 11, Orioles 0

Seattle — Jamie Moyer threw seven shutout innings, and Ichiro Suzuki had three hits and three RBIs, leading Seattle over Baltimore. Moyer and Ron Villone scattered eight hits to combine on Seattle’s first shutout of the season. It was also the Mariners’ largest margin of victory this year.

Bret Boone’s two-run single highlighted Seattle’s six-run fifth as the last-place Mariners avoided being swept by the Orioles and ended a three-game losing streak.

Moyer (2-2) allowed seven hits, all singles, struck out two and walked one.

Yankees 6, Angels 2

Anaheim, Calif. — Mike Mussina pitched effectively into the eighth inning, and New York received home runs from Hideki Matsui and Derek Jeter. Mussina (5-4) won his fourth consecutive start, holding the AL West-leading Angels to one run and seven hits through 72/3 innings. He kept them off balance with a nasty breaking ball. The right-hander struck out six and walked none.

Paul Quantrill retired Chone Figgins on a fly to center with two on to end the eighth, then allowed an RBI single to Casey Kotchman in the ninth before finishing it.

Athletics 3, Tigers 2

Oakland, Calif. — Erubiel Durazo scored on Eric Munson’s throwing error in the eighth inning after reaching base on another miscue, and Oakland defeated Detroit. Durazo reached on a fielding error by first baseman Carlos Pena, went to second on Damian Miller’s sacrifice, advanced to third on Mark McLemore’s groundout and scored when Munson dived to stop pinch-hitter Billy McMillon’s sharp grounder but threw the ball wide of first.

Tim Hudson (5-1) allowed two runs and eight hits over eight innings to improve to 13-1 during day games over his last 19 such starts. Arthur Rhodes pitched the ninth for his eighth save in 10 opportunities.

Devil Rays 9, Red Sox 6

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Jose Cruz Jr. had a two-run double, and Rocco Baldelli drove in two runs with a single during a six-run third inning against Derek Lowe, leading Tampa Bay over Boston. Tampa Bay nearly blew a seven-run lead in ending a five-game losing streak. It was just the second win in the past 14 games for the Devil Rays.

Victor Zambrano took the seven-run advantage into the fifth, but was pulled with two outs and the Devil Rays up 7-4.