Slumping outfielder Alex Rios snapped his bat over his knee after an eight-inning strikeout. Catcher A.J. Pierzynski broke a bat slamming it against the ground after an earlier strikeout.
The Chicago White Sox are beyond frustrated with not driving in baserunners.
Chicago left 13 runners on base and watched it's six-game winning streak at Target Field end with a 5-4 loss against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday in Minneapolis. Rios and Pierzynski's strikeouts each came with runners at third base.
"I don't think we lose," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "I think we just gave this game away. We had a lot of chances, we can't get the hit. You don't do that, That's the type of game you're going to have."
Danny Valencia's two-run single snapped Minnesota's 20-inning scoreless streak against Chicago and rookie Chris Parmelee added a two-run double to help the Twins finally breakthrough against Chicago.
Minnesota had been shutout in back-to-back games and scored just one run in the first three games of the four-game series. White Sox starter John Danks (6-11) lost his second straight start, allowing five runs on six hits and two walks, while striking out four.
"I'm looking forward to next year starting clean," Danks said. "It sounds like I'm giving up on the year; I'm not. I'm not feeling sorry for myself. I put myself in this position. It seems like this year, anything bad that could happen, has. That's baseball. You got to be tough."
This time, Chicago was the team struggling for the big hit.
The White Sox failed to capitalize in the sixth when they had runners at second and third with one out. After Alexei Ramirez grounded out back the pitcher, Paul Konerko was intentionally walked and A.J. Pierzynski hit into fielder's choice, leaving the bases loaded.
Konerko had three hits and an RBI after getting a rare day off on Tuesday.
Tigers 8, Indians 6 -- At Cleveland: Justin Verlander won his 10th straight start and earned his 22nd victory overall when Victor Martinez hit a late grand slam that sent Detroit over Cleveland.
Blue Jays 11, Red Sox 10 -- At Toronto: Edwin Encarnacion hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and Toronto rallied to deny Tim Wakefield his 200th career win.
Angels 3, Mariners 1 -- At Anaheim, Calif.: Maicer Izturis hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth inning to reward Los Angeles' Jerome Williams for pitching eight innings of one-hit ball.
Athletics 7, Royals 0 -- At Oakland, Calif.: Guillermo Moscoso held Kansas City hitless until rookie Salvador Perez singled with two outs in the eighth inning.
Orioles 5, Yankees 4 (11 innings) -- At New York: Baltimore's Mark Reynolds hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning after striking out four times.
Rays 5, Rangers 4 (10 innings) -- At St. Petersburg, Fla.: Desmond Jennings homered on the first pitch in the bottom of the 10th for Tampa Bay.
National League
Cubs 6, Reds 3 -- At Chicago: Carlos Pena hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning to send Chicago to a victory over Cincinnati.
Aramis Ramirez had a two-run double for the Cubs, who took two of three against the Reds to earn a split of its six-game homestand. Starlin Castro and DJ LeMahieu each had two hits for the Cubs.
Phillies 3, Braves 2 -- At Philadelphia: Pinch-hitter Ross Gload hit an RBI single with one out in the bottom of the ninth and Philadelphia beat Atlanta to complete a three-game sweep and extend its lead to 10 1/2 games in the NL East.
Padres 3, Giants 1 -- At San Diego: Aaron Harang threw seven strong innings and Cameron Maybin had two hits and an RBI as San Diego dealt a big blow to San Francisco's fading playoff hopes.
Mets 1, Marlins 0 -- At Miami: R.A. Dickey made an early run stand up, blanking Florida for seven innings and pitching New York past the Marlins.
Pirates 5, Astros 4 -- At Pittsburgh: Andrew McCutchen homered twice, pinch-hitter Jason Jaramillo singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and Pittsburgh beat Houston.
Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 3 -- At Denver: Joe Saunders tossed six solid innings, Justin Upton and Miguel Montero homered and Arizona beat Colorado.
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