Chris Parmelee #27 of the Minnesota Twins hits a three-run home run in the 5th inning in front of Tyler Flowers #17 of the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on September 4, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO (AP) – Chris Parmelee homered to cap a 10-run fifth inning and the Minnesota Twins routed the Chicago White Sox 18-9 on Tuesday night.
The Twins also batted around in a seven-run second, but first-place Chicago remained one game ahead of Detroit in the AL Central. The Tigers lost 3-2 to Cleveland.
Minnesota pecked away methodically with 17 hits — only three went for extra bases.
Parmalee drove in four runs while Ryan Doumit had three hits and three RBIs. Doumit hit a solo homer in the seventh and scored three times.
Minnesota’s Eduardo Escobar had two hits and three RBIs against his former team.
Chicago outfielder Dewayne Wise pitched a scoreless ninth for the White Sox, who had a franchise-record 10 doubles — five in a four-run eighth.
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