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Tuesday, Apr. 11 7:15pm ET
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The Chicago White Sox hit four home runs, including consecutive shots by Chris Singleton and Carlos Lee in the fifth inning, to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 13-6 on Tuesday night. Singleton hit a two-run homer that put Chicago up 6-5, and Lee followed with a solo shot that extended his hitting streak to eight games. Ray Durham hit a leadoff homer and Paul Konerko, who went 4-for-5 with four RBI, had a two-run inside-the-park homer in the first inning for the White Sox. Konerko also had a two-run double during a four-run eighth-inning. Chicago's Frank Thomas, who had a cortisone shot Monday for tendinitis in the inner heel of his right foot, left after five innings with a sore right foot. He went 1-for-3 as the designated hitter and has a hit in all eight games. Jose Canseco and Greg Vaughn homered for the Devil Rays, who have dropped six of their past seven games. White Sox starter Jim Parque (1-1) gave up five runs -- three earned _ and six hits in five innings. The left-hander has allowed 11 runs over nine innings in two starts. Chicago, at 5-3, is above the .500 mark after eight games for the first time since 1994. Tampa Bay took a 4-3 lead after a 32-minute first inning that saw the teams hit two home runs apiece. Durham hit his 11th career leadoff homer -- his second this season -- and Konerko had a two-run inside-the-park homer as Chicago went up 3-0. Ron Karkovice had the last White Sox inside-the-park homer on August 30, 1990 at Minnesota. The Devil Rays responded in the bottom of the first as Canseco hit a two-run homer, Vaughn had solo shot and John Flaherty added an RBI double. Canseco's first homer of the season was a 425-foot shot to center. Devil Rays starter Esteban Yan (0-1) allowed seven runs, four homers and 10 hits in five innings. He struck out a career-high seven. Tampa Bay third baseman Vinny Castilla (strained left rib cage muscle) was activated from the 15-day disabled list before the game and went 0-for-4. It was the first time this season Tampa Bay had all four of its sluggers -- Castilla, Canseco, Vaughn and Fred McGriff -- in the starting lineup. The lineup only remained intact until the seventh inning when Vaughn was thrown out of the game for arguing a third strike call with home plate umpire Bill Miller. Game notesThe contest drew just 13,639. ... U.S. Coast Guard Captain Earl Fox, who at 80 is currently the oldest World War II veteran on active duty, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. ... Durham has homered in four of his past five games. ... The White Sox have 10 or more hits in six of their eight games. ... Tampa Bay LHP Wilson Alvarez (left shoulder tendinitis) will throw two innings Wednesday in an extended spring training game. ... Tampa Bay has been outscored 50-19 in its last four games. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Chi. White Sox Clubhouse Tampa Bay Clubhouse RECAPS Boston 13 Minnesota 4
Chi. White Sox 13
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