Sports | baseball Kubel Hits Slam, Twins Pummel White Sox Minnesota downs Chicago 12-5 By Doug Sweeney Posted Apr 10, 2008 12:01 AM CDT Copied Minnesota Twins' Jason Kubel, right, celebrates with catcher Joe Mauer after the Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox 12-5 in a baseball game, Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Jason Kubel hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, and the Minnesota Twins broke out on offense in pounding Chicago 12-5 and snapping the White Sox's five-game win streak on Wednesday night. The 12 runs doubled their previous season high and were their most since they beat the White Sox 20-14 and 12-0 on July 6, 2007. After scoring more than four runs just once in their first eight games, the Twins led 7-0 after a five-run third in which they knocked out Chicago starter John Danks. The White Sox tried to chip away at the lead one homer at a time, with Nick Swisher, Paul Konerko and Joe Crede each hitting solo drives against Minnesota's Scott Baker. Read These Next A look at President Trump's fast pivot on Minneapolis. Treasury drops Booz Allen over Trump tax return leak. Minnesota judge makes an unusual move against the ICE chief. Sydney Sweeney is at the center of a controversy yet again. Report an error