Bodog Beat

Kenny Rogers pitched six shutout innings for his 16th win, Magglio Ordonez homered twice against his former team and the Tigers increased their AL Central lead by beating the White Sox, 8-2.

The Tigers lead Minnesota, which was idle Monday night, by 1 1/2 games in the division and are six games ahead of the defending World Series champion White Sox, whose return to the playoffs is in deep jeopardy after a sixth loss in eight games.

Rogers (16-6) allowed just four hits, escaped several jams and is 5-1 over his last nine starts.

Jim Thome's 40th homer, a solo shot off Fernando Rodney in the eighth, ended the Tigers' shutout bid. Pinch-hitter Josh Fields homered in the ninth in his first big league at-bat for the White Sox.

Craig Monroe also connected off Mark Buehrle (12-13), who was bailed out of a big first inning by the White Sox's second triple play of the season.

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