CHICAGO (AP) -- Jose Abreu reached base five times while extending his hitting streak to 21 games, and the Chicago White Sox scored four runs in the eighth inning to beat the Minnesota Twins 10-8 on Friday night.Abreu had three singles, scored twice and drove in a run. He also walked and was hit by a pitch.Paul Konerko and Alexei Ramirez delivered consecutive RBI singles in the eighth to give Chicago an 8-7 lead. 
Tyler Flowers added a run-scoring single in the inning after hitting a solo homer earlier in the game. Alejandro De Aza capped the decisive rally with another RBI single, and the White Sox overcame a shaky start by Chris Sale to win for the sixth time in eight games.The Twins loaded the bases against Jake Petricka with no outs in the ninth on infield singles by Brian Dozier and Trevor Plouffe and a base hit to center by Josh Willingham.Kurt Suzuki drove in a run with a fielder's choice grounder. But Petricka struck out Kennys Vargas and Oswaldo Arcia for his seventh save in eight chances, ending a game that lasted 3 hours, 47 minutes.The teams combined for 31 hits - 17 for Chicago - and spent most of the game trading leads.The Twins went up 7-6 in the top half of the eighth on a solo homer by Chris Parmelee off Eric Surkamp, only to have the White Sox answer in a big way in the bottom half.Adam Eaton singled leading off against Casey Fien (5-5) and moved to third with one out on Abreu's third single. Konerko tied it with a base hit to left, and Ramirez lined a single to right to give Chicago an 8-7 lead.That made a winner of Javy Guerra (1-2), who retired the final two batters in the eighth.Sale struggled this time after pitching eight scoreless innings in a win at Minnesota last Saturday.He gave up a season-high tying five runs and eight hits over six innings in this one.Minnesota's Logan Darnell lasted just four innings in his second major league start, allowing four runs and five hits in five innings. He walked four after getting roughed up by the White Sox last Saturday.
Tyler Flowers added a run-scoring single in the inning after hitting a solo homer earlier in the game. Alejandro De Aza capped the decisive rally with another RBI single, and the White Sox overcame a shaky start by Chris Sale to win for the sixth time in eight games.The Twins loaded the bases against Jake Petricka with no outs in the ninth on infield singles by Brian Dozier and Trevor Plouffe and a base hit to center by Josh Willingham.Kurt Suzuki drove in a run with a fielder's choice grounder. But Petricka struck out Kennys Vargas and Oswaldo Arcia for his seventh save in eight chances, ending a game that lasted 3 hours, 47 minutes.The teams combined for 31 hits - 17 for Chicago - and spent most of the game trading leads.The Twins went up 7-6 in the top half of the eighth on a solo homer by Chris Parmelee off Eric Surkamp, only to have the White Sox answer in a big way in the bottom half.Adam Eaton singled leading off against Casey Fien (5-5) and moved to third with one out on Abreu's third single. Konerko tied it with a base hit to left, and Ramirez lined a single to right to give Chicago an 8-7 lead.That made a winner of Javy Guerra (1-2), who retired the final two batters in the eighth.Sale struggled this time after pitching eight scoreless innings in a win at Minnesota last Saturday.He gave up a season-high tying five runs and eight hits over six innings in this one.Minnesota's Logan Darnell lasted just four innings in his second major league start, allowing four runs and five hits in five innings. He walked four after getting roughed up by the White Sox last Saturday.
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