MINNEAPOLIS -- While Chris Sale is the bigger name among the Chicago White Sox left-handed starting pitchers, Jose Quintana has made his own name by entering Thursday as the American Leagues leader with a 2.77 ERA.Quintana wont be ending the day in the same position after being battered by the Minnesota Twins.Byron Buxton homered in his return to the majors, and Trevor Plouffe added a two-run shot as Minnesota beat Chicago 8-5, extending the White Sox losing streak to four games.Quintana (11-10) allowed seven runs and seven hits in five innings and saw his ERA rise to 3.05.A guy might get him on a fastball, Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. But, you know, his fastball command was great. It was coming out, had some life to it. Curveball-wise, it seemed like it was rolling in there somewhat. But youre talking about something thats pretty rare to go out there and have something like this.Quintana had only allowed three runs or more once in his previous eight starts.But Buxtons three-run homer capped a five-run second inning. After retiring the next 10 batters, Joe Mauer singled in the fifth and Plouffe followed with his 10th home run into the bullpens in left-center field.I got a couple of strikeouts, but I dont know, the two homers are what changed the game, Quintana said. I dont give up too many base hits, but the homers changed the game. I missed my spot a couple times and I paid for it.Ervin Santana (7-10) escaped trouble to win for the fourth time in five decisions. He gave up 11 hits and two walks, but allowed just two runs as the Twins snapped their 13-game losing streak, one off the franchise record for a season.Brandon Kintzler recorded his 13th save in 14 chances.Offense is a big reason the White Sox have gone 18-27 since the All-Star break. Chicago has scored 171 runs, the second-fewest in the league, since the break.The White Sox left runners in scoring position in each of the first five innings and left a total of 13 men on base in the game. Avisail Garcia showed the frustration when snapped his bat over his knee after his second strikeout of the game in the seventh.We left a lot of runs out there, Ventura said. When you look up there and see youve left 10 guys and they didnt leave any at one point, that really kind of tells the tale more than (Quintana).Chicagos Todd Frazier hit his 34th home run to open the scoring in the second, and Jose Abreu connected for a two-run homer, his 20th, in the sixth.COME ON UPChicago added RHP Juan Minaya and C Kevan Smith from Triple-A Charlotte.Minaya, 25, was 5-6 with a 3.63 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 52 innings over 47 relief appearances since being claimed off waivers from Houston on June 22.Smith, 28, was recalled by the White Sox in April before going on the DL with a sacroiliac joint dysfunction without playing in a game. Smith was hitting .219 with eight home runs and 24 RBI for Charlotte this season.Minaya and Smith made their major league debuts in the eighth inning. Minaya pitched a scoreless inning. 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When the Detroit Tigers right-hander found out he is the first to accomplish a couple feats since Rogers Clemens and Pedro Martinez, though, it knocked Scherzer off his humble script. "That tickles me when you say those type of names," he said. Scherzer improved to 10-0 and struck out 10, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and Detroit beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Monday night. He became the first pitcher to begin a season 10-0 — with all decisions coming in starts — since Clemens went 11-0 for Toronto in 1997, according to STATS. And Scherzer is the first to have at least six strikeouts in his first 14 starts in a season since Martinez did it in 2001 with Boston, STATS said. "Hes at the top of his game pretty much," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. Scherzer allowed one run and seven hits in six innings. Chris Davis hit his major league-leading 24th homer in the second, but struck out with the bases loaded in the fifth and the Orioles down by two runs. "He was just coming after me," Davis said. "Of course, when youre throwing 96, 97, 98, that helps." Jake Arrieta (1-2) allowed five hits on 10 hits in 4 2-3 innings, and was sent to Triple-A Norfolk after the game with a 7.23 ERA. "Stuff has never been an issue with Jake, its just command," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. With two on and none out in the fifth, Arrieta struck out Cabrera on a wild pitch that allowed two runners to get into scoring position. Victor Martinez hit a sacrifice fly and Jhonny Peraltas RBI single to give Detroit a four-run cushion in the fifth, chasing Arrieta. Scherzers start ended after finishing offf the sixth inning with two strikeouts, giving him at least 10 in a game for the fifth time this year.dddddddddddd Scherzer lowered his ERA to 3.08 this season for the AL Central leaders. He is the second pitcher in Detroit history to start this strong since 1909, when George Mullin was 11-0 with one victory as a reliever, the Elias Sports Bureau said in information provided by the Tigers. Drew Smyly followed with three hitless innings for his second save. "We got (Scherzers) pitch count up and got him out of there," Showalter said. "But Smyly is a good one, you can see why theyre so high on him." Detroit began the game leading baseball with an average of 5.72 runs per game at home and almost scored that much through five innings. Austin Jackson led off with a single and scored on Cabreras seemingly effortless swing, an opposite-field drive that cleared a high wall in right-centre for his 19th homer to make it 2-0. "I watched the replay on video a couple times and by his swing, you think it might be a fly ball to right field," Arrieta said. "But with the strength he has in his swing, a swing like that on that ball ends up in the seats." NOTES: Detroit put RHP Anibal Sanchez (shoulder) and C Alex Avila (left forearm) on the 15-day DL and recalled OF Avisail Garcia and C Bryan Holaday from Triple-A Toledo to take their roster spots. The Tigers plan to call up LHP Jose Alvarez to start in place of Sanchez on Thursday at home against the Boston Red Sox. ... The Orioles are planning to start LHP Zach Britton in place of ailing RHP Jason Hammel on Tuesday night against Detroit and RHP Justin Verlander. ... Orioles Miguel Gonzalez left the team Monday to be with his wife, who is expecting their first child, but Showalter said the team might not put him on paternity leave. ' ' '