Chicago White Sox southpaw Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game Thursday, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 5-0 win over Tampa Bay. It was the 18th perfect game in Major League history and first by a White Sox pitcher since Charles Robertson on Aug.

Josh Fields put Chicago in front with the third of his team's six home runs Wednesday, pacing the White Sox to a 10-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fields hit two of the homers and all of Chicago's runs came on long balls. Alexei Ramirez started the onslaught with a solo shot in the first, after which the Dodgers came back to take a 3-1 lead in the second. Jermaine Dye tied things up with a two-run blast in the third and Fields gave the White Sox the lead with a two-run homer in the fourth. Chicago then came up with three home runs in the fifth in the span of six batters -- a solo shot by Paul Konerko, a three-run blast by Jayson Nix and a solo effort from Fields that gave the White Sox a 10-3 advantage. The run support gave Gavin Floyd (5-5) an easy win.

Alexei Ramirez and Josh Fields combined for six of Chicago's 17 hits Friday and the White Sox used a six-run sixth inning to overwhelm Kansas City 11-2. Ramirez and Fields both had three hits and two RBI while Clayton Richard worked seven solid innings.

Jim Thome and Josh Fields homered to back up a solid outing by John Danks Wednesday and bring the Chicago White Sox an 8-2 win over Baltimore. Danis (2-0) gave up a run on four hits with three strikeouts over seven innings.

The Minnesota Twins have signed free-agent third baseman Joe Crede to a one-year contract. The 30-year-old Crede, who was not offered a new deal in the off-season by his former team, the Chicago White Sox, spent time on the disabled list in both the past two years because of back injuries. He played in only 97 games in 2008, batting .248 with 17 home runs and 55 RBI, and has not played in over 100 games since the 2006 season. No monetary figure was disclosed by the team, but the St.