Minnesota Twins third baseman Joe Crede is done for the 2009 season and will undergo back surgery next week in Dallas, he said Sunday. It will be Crede's third back surgery in as many years. He missed three weeks while dealing with lower back pain, but struck out in all four at-bats Sept.

Doubles by Michael Cuddyer and Joe Crede to open the sixth touched off a four-run inning Wednesday and rallied the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over Texas. The Twins came back from a five-run deficit to down the Rangers Tuesday climbed out of a four-run hole Wednesday. The setback dropped the Rangers out of a share of the lead with Boston in the American League wild-card race and pushed them 6 ½ games behind the hot Los Angeles Angels for the top spot in the AL West. Minnesota's rally spoiled the return to the Texas roster of catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who spent the first 12 seasons of his 19-year career with the Rangers.

Alexi Casilla singled in the deciding run in the sixth Wednesday, allowing Minnesota to finish off a series sweep with a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox. The Twins moved a game in front of Chicago for second place in the American League Central, two games behind division-leading Detroit.

Jim Thome's four RBI, three coming on a sixth-inning double, led the Chicago White Sox to an 8-7 win over the Minnesota Twins Saturday. Thome's three-run double gave Chicago an 8-3 lead with two outs in the top of the sixth.

Joe Crede drove in three runs and Carlos Gomez added two more Tuesday in Minnesota's 7-3 inter-league win over the host Milwaukee Brewers. The Twins outhit the Brewers 12-8 and scored all seven of their runs in the first three innings while roughing up losing pitcher Jeff Supan (5-5) to the tune of nine hits in five innings. Crede's three-run double in the first inning staked the Twins to an early lead.