CHICAGO (AP) – Juan Uribe homered twice, Paul Konerko added a solo shot and Mark Buehrle pitched six shutout innings for the White Sox.

Chicago didn’t miss AL home run leader Carlos Quentin, who will undergo surgery Monday on a fractured right wrist and could be lost for the season.

And Uribe showed again he can help the White Sox at third base in the absence of Joe Crede, who is sidelined with a sore back. Manager Ozzie Guillen said before the game that he didn’t expect Crede back during the regular season.

Buehrle (12-11) allowed only three hits to win for the fourth time in his last five decisions.

Dustin Moseley (1-4) gave up six hits and four runs in 1 1-3 innings for the White Sox.

Blue Jays 6, Rays 4

TORONTO (AP) – Roy Halladay pitched seven solid innings to win his fifth straight start, Alex Rios hit two homers and the Blue Jays extended their season-high winning streak to six.

Rios hit a solo homer in the third and a two-run drive in the eighth for his third career multihomer game and second this season.

The AL East-leading Rays have lost three of four.

Halladay (18-9) allowed three runs, one earned, and seven hits. He struck out seven and walked none.

Scott Downs followed Halladay with a scoreless eighth. B.J. Ryan gave up Jason Bartlett’s RBI double in the ninth but struck out Carlos Pena with runners at second and third for his 27th save in 30 opportunities.

Andy Sonnanstine (13-7) lost for the first time in seven starts, allowing four runs and five hits in six innings.

Athletics 11, Orioles 2

BALTIMORE (AP) – Rajai Davis’ grand slam was the only Oakland hit in an eight-run eighth inning, and the Athletics topped the six-run barrier for the first time in 41 games.

The victory ended Oakland’s four-game skid and extended Baltimore’s season-high losing streak to seven games.

The big eighth enabled Oakland to avoid tying a franchise record for consecutive games without scoring more than six runs. The Philadelphia Athletics went 41 straight games without scoring more than a half-dozen runs from Sept. 23, 1915, to May 20, 1916, and the 1916 A’s matched the mark from June 29-Aug. 8.

Hours before the game, the Orioles announced that manager Dave Trembley would return in 2009.

Oakland starter Dallas Braden (5-3) allowed four hits and two runs, one earned, in five innings.

Chris Waters (2-2) gave up three runs and five hits in 5 1-3 innings for Baltimore.

Twins 10, Tigers 2

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Justin Morneau hit a grand slam and Francisco Liriano threw seven-plus innings to help Minnesota end a three-game skid.

Delmon Young also homered and had an RBI double in the seventh to help the Twins score more runs than they did in their previous three games combined in Toronto.

It was the fourth career grand slam for the former AL MVP, and second this season. The shot gave Minnesota a five-run lead in the fifth inning.

Liriano (5-3) had a season-high nine strikeouts, and allowed two runs and five hits.

Armando Galarraga (12-5) lasted six innings for Detroit, walking a season-high six batters. He gave up six runs and three hits.

Indians 9, Royals 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Victor Martinez reached base four times in his return to catching, helping Cleveland earn its 10th straight road win.

The Indians had been bringing Martinez along slowly after the two-time All-Star catcher had elbow surgery on June 13. He was activated from the disabled list on Aug. 31 and had struggled at the plate, going 3-for-15 in five games.

Martinez went 2-for-3, walked twice and scored two runs. He also drove in a run.

Cleveland starter Anthony Reyes left after three innings due to a sore elbow and was replaced by Edward Mujica (2-1), who gave up four hits in two innings.

Brandon Duckworth (2-1) gave up five runs and five hits in four-plus innings for the Royals.

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