MINNEAPOLIS, June 27 (UPI) -- Ray Durham hit a three-run homer and Paul Konerko tied a career high with four hits Thursday as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins, 7-4, to earn a split of their four-game series.
Konerko also homered for the White Sox, who won for just the second time in their last seven games and took out their frustrations on the Twins with 16 hits.
The Twins, who lead the second-place White Sox by six games in the American League Central, again were without manager Ron Gardenhire due to the death of his father.
The White Sox jumped out to an early 5-0 lead after three innings and pounded Rick Reed (6-4) for four runs and eight hits in two innings.
Most of the damage came in the second. Carlos Lee delivered a leadoff single, Royce Clayton singled with one out and Durham followed one out later by belting a 3-1 pitch from Reed over the right-center field wall for fourth his homer of the season.
Konerko had four hits for the sixth time in his career, highlighted by a seventh-inning homer off Juan Rincon.
Magglio Ordonez opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first and Clayton had a run-scoring single in the third.
Gary Glover (3-3), who had lost his last two starts, took advantage of the early lead and allowed three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Manager Jerry Manuel made liberal use of his bullpen with five relievers. The last was Keith Foulke, who worked the ninth for his ninth save.
