Rangers turn back Angels

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rafael Palmeiro and Herbert Perry drove in two runs apiece to lead the Texas Rangers to their sixth straight win, 8-5 over the Anaheim Angels in the first game of a doubleheader Monday night.

Palmeiro had two hits and the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the fifth inning, and Perry went 3-for-5 as the Rangers snapped Anaheim's four-game winning streak. Darin Erstad homered twice for the Angels.

Rookie Joaquin Benoit (2-0), called up from the minors before the game, trailed 3-0 after two innings but settled down after that to get the win. Benoit allowed three runs -- two earned and five hits in five innings.

Texas' bullpen allowed two runs and two hits over the final four innings.

Hideki Irabu got the last two outs, allowing Erstad's second homer of the game. Erstad has six homers on the season and seven career multihomer games.

Twins 5, White Sox 4

MINNEAPOLIS -- Jacque Jones drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth after Torii Hunter tied it with a two-run homer an inning earlier, giving Minnesota a victory over Chicago.

Luis Rivas walked with two outs against Bobby Howry (0-1), took second on a wild pitch and scored on a line drive to deep center by Jones, who was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a triple to end the inning.

Eddie Guardado pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his league-leading 22nd save in 24 chances.

LaTroy Hawkins (3-0) pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Matt Kinney.

The White Sox arrived two games under .500 and six games behind the Twins, so this four-game series is critical for Chicago, which has now lost four in a row and 19 of 27.

-- From wire reports