... Cubs a 5-2 lead. Wells (2-3) won his second straight start, allowing two runs and five hits in seven innings. Jim Thome hit his 554th homer for the White Sox and added a two-run double in the eighth. Kevin Gregg earned his 12th save in ...

... baseball in his left hand, youngsters readily peppered him with questions. Which hitter hits the hardest home runs? "Jim Thome," Lee said. "But Josh Hamilton is pretty good. He may be the most powerful home run hitter I've seen in batting ...

... decisions. Johnson (2-0) struck out seven, walked one and threw 113 pitches. White Sox 6, Twins 1 CHICAGO (AP) Jim Thome hit a two-run homer to break open a pitcher's duel, Mark Buehrle was dominant into the seventh inning and the Chicago ...

... Ramiro Pena's two-run single and Derek Jeter's RBI grounder. White Sox 4, Rangers 3 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Jim Thome hit a tying three-run double, and Chris Getz added the go-ahead triple for the White Sox. Mark Buehrle (4-0 ...

CHICAGO (AP) Thanks to Jim Thome's bat and Ken Griffey Jr.'s arm, the AL Central has a winner at last: the Chicago White Sox. John Danks pitched eight innings ...

... straight games. It's the longest streak to start a season since 1999, when Derek Jeter reached in 53 straight games and Jim Thome in 37. The Rockies head out on a six-game road trip on which they play NL West rivals San Diego and Arizona. Colorado ...

... got to fight like a cat, and now it's a must-win game." Chicago started quickly, scoring twice in the first on Jim Thome's RBI single and Alexei Ramirez's sacrifice fly, but Kazmir struck out Juan Uribe with the bases loaded to end the ...

NEW YORK -- Jim Thome stepped to the plate with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, his seven-game homer streak on the line and the game within ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jim Thome's two-run homer in the seventh inning led the Philadelphia Phillies to their sixth straight win, 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs ...

NEW YORK -- Raul Mondesi and Jason Giambi homered, Jim Thome didn't, and Mike Mussina had his best start in nearly a month. For all that went right for the New York Yankees, an injury ...