Thomas Puts Big Hurt on Yankees

The long fly ball by Frank Thomas settled into the glove of left fielder Dave Dellucci -- after it clanked high off the foul pole near the upper deck.

It was a huge grand slam for Thomas against Roger Clemens, and a big victory for the Chicago White Sox over the Yankees at New York.

Magglio Ordonez followed with another long home run off the front of the center-field bleachers and the White Sox beat up the Yankees, 13-2, Tuesday night at New York in a matchup of division leaders.

“It’s very big,� Thomas said. “Everybody’s harping on how bad we are on the road.�

Ordonez and Paul Konerko each homered twice, and Joe Crede also connected for Chicago, which hit six homers in a game for the second time this season.

Esteban Loaiza (17-6) had an outstanding cutter and improved to 6-1 since the All-Star break, tying Toronto’s Roy Halladay for the American League lead in victories. He gave up one hit in seven innings, struck out nine and left with an 11-0 lead.

Clemens (12-8) made his 600th start and had one of his worst outings, tying his high by giving up nine runs. He gave up four homers in a game for only the second time in his career.

Chicago, which has won seven of eight, maintained a one-game lead over Kansas City in the AL Central, and New York stayed five games in front of Boston in the AL East.

The White Sox are 43-23 at home but 27-39 on the road.

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Seattle 9, Tampa Bay 3 -- Jamie Moyer (16-6) pitched seven innings for his first victory in three weeks, Carlos Guillen hit a three-run home run and drove in a career-high five runs, and the host Mariners ended a season-high six-game losing streak.

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Toronto 12, Boston 9 -- Vernon Wells hit a run-scoring double that keyed a five-run eighth inning at Boston and the Blue Jays ended the Red Sox’s five-game winning streak.

The Red Sox trailed, 7-1, but rallied to tie the score on David McCarty’s three-run homer.

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Kansas City 9, Texas 2 -- Mike Sweeney and Aaron Guiel each homered and drove in four runs at Kansas City, Mo., in support of Brian Anderson, acquired Monday in a trade with Cleveland.

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Detroit 5, Cleveland 4 -- Craig Monroe and Dmitri Young each homered at Cleveland to help the Tigers win consecutive games for the first time in six weeks.

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Oakland 2, Baltimore 1 -- Pinch-hitter Scott Hatteberg’s bases-loaded single to center field with no out in the bottom of the 12th inning lifted the host Athletics.