DETROIT ? The Minnesota Twins want to clinch their division as soon as they can.

Lew Ford homered and drove in two runs to back a strong outing by Brad Radke, leading Minnesota to a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night and a sweep of the four-game series.

The Twins are 10 1/2 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.

“It’s still big for us,” Ford said. “Obviously, it’s not over yet. We want to clinch as soon as possible. We don’t want it to drag on.”

Augie Ojeda also homered for the Twins, who have won six straight and 11 of 13.

Radke (11-7) allowed a run and seven hits in seven innings to improve to 17-6 lifetime against the Tigers. He struck out two and didn’t walk a batter.

“I felt a little off. The results were there,” Radke said. “But I didn’t have command of my fastball. Had command of my changeup, that’s it.”

Juan Rincon threw a scoreless eighth, but Joe Roa gave up two runs in the ninth before Joe Nathan got the final out for his 43rd save in 46 chances.

Jason Johnson (8-14) allowed four runs — three earned — and 10 hits in seven innings. He walked three and struck out two.

“He pitched a good ballgame today, certainly well enough to win,” Detroit manager Alan Trammell said. “He gave us seven innings.”

Minnesota's Lew Ford (20) is congratulated by third-base coach Al Newman after hitting a homer against Detroit. The Twins won Monday at Detroit.

Ojeda hit a 1-0 pitch from Al Levine with one out in the ninth for his second homer to make it 5-1.

But the Tigers closed within two runs against Roa in the bottom of the inning. Carlos Pena drew a one-out walk, and one out later, Eric Munson also walked. Jason Smith followed with a double to center, scoring Pena and Munson to make it 5-3.

Nathan came in and got Curtis Granderson, in his first big-league game, to ground out to end it.

Minnesota third baseman Terry Tiffee injured his right shoulder in a play at the plate and will be out three-to-six weeks.

“I’m sorry for him,” Detroit catcher Ivan Rodriguez said. “It was a very open play for me. He was out by far.”

Orioles 9, Blue Jays 1

Toronto — Bruce Chen pitched his first complete game for his first victory in more than two years, and Rafael Palmeiro homered during a five-run first inning, leading Baltimore past Toronto.

Chen (1-0) allowed just five hits and a run. He struck out five and didn’t walk a batter.

Toronto starter Justin Miller (3-4), pitching a day after his grandfather died, got two outs in the first before allowing seven straight batters to reach base.

Angels 5, Mariners 1

Seattle — Kelvim Escobar pitched seven strong innings, and Garret Anderson hit a three-run homer for Anaheim. The Angels moved 4 1/2 games behind idle Boston in the AL wild-card race.

Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki went hitless — 0-for-4 with a walk — for the third time in four games, but still is on a pace for 262 hits, which would break the 84-year-old major-league single-season record of 257 set by Hall of Famer George Sisler.

A’s 7, Rangers 6, 10 innings

Oakland, Calif. — Oakland scored twice in the bottom of the 10th to win a game marred by an ugly incident involving the Rangers’ bullpen.

Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair at a fan in a lower box to the left of the Rangers’ bullpen along the right-field line in the ninth inning.

The chair hit one man in the head, then bounced and clobbered a woman in the side of the head on her left temple.

The Rangers sprinted out of their dugout with two outs in the top of the ninth and reliever Doug Brocail could be seen screaming at a male fan. Brocail had to be restrained by his teammates and bullpen coach Mark Connor, and others also had to be held back.

Security ran to the scene and a small section of fans was cleared from their seats.

The incident caused a 19-minute delay.

A’s manager Ken Macha came across the field to speak to Dave Rinetti, vice president of stadium operations, before play resumed.