Kansas City, Mo. ? Jose Contreras won his fifth straight start, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals for the 13th time in 16 games this season, 6-4 on Tuesday night.

Juan Uribe hit two doubles, drove in a run and scored a run, raising his average in September to a major-league-high .487. Aaron Rowand had four hits, including a career-high three doubles. Chicago hit seven doubles, a season high.

Contreras (12-7) improved to 8-2 since the All-Star break. He gave up four runs – three earned – and five hits in 52â3 innings. He walked three and threw two wild pitches but struck out six.

Bobby Jenks pitched two innings for his second save.

Mike Wood, who had allowed just one run in 121â3 innings in his previous two starts, lasted just four innings. Wood (4-7) gave up three runs on five hits and two walks, while striking out three.

The White Sox scored three times with two outs in the fourth. Rowand and Jermaine Dye doubled, A.J. Pierzynski had a run-scoring single, and Uribe’s double to shallow left gave Chicago a 3-1 lead.

Rowand’s double in the fifth scored Carl Everett, who reached on an infield single. Uribe doubled in the sixth, advanced to third on Scott Podsednik’s infield single and came home on Angel Berroa’s throwing error.

The Royals scored three runs in the sixth, cutting Chicago’s lead to 5-4. Mike Sweeney and Berroa each drove in a run and Terrence Long scored the other run on a wild pitch by Contreras.

Notes: Podsednik, who leads the majors with 56 stolen bases, hit his first triple of the season in the first inning in his 432nd at-bat. … Rain delayed the start of the game for 1 hour, 50 minutes. After playing just six minutes, there was a second rain delay of 32 minutes. … The announced attendance of 9,535 was the smallest for a Royals’ home game this season.