AMERICAN LEAGUE Thomas breaks out of slump; White Sox pound Cleveland

Frank Thomas is climbing the career list for RBIs. He had five Wednesday night.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Chicago White Sox may have dodged a big hurt. The Cleveland Indians weren't so lucky.
Frank Thomas had five RBIs, and Paul Konerko added four to back Scott Schoeneweis, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 15-3 win over the Cleveland Indians last night.
Thomas busted out of a 2-for-19 slump by going 3-for-4 with two walks as the White Sox opened a big lead and then poured it on by scoring six times in the eighth.
Chicago's blowout win -- the club's most lopsided against Cleveland since 1987 -- may have been costly.
Collison
Outfielder Magglio Ordonez and second baseman Willie Harris both sustained injuries when they collided while trying to run down a fly ball in the seventh.
They both left the field unassisted, but Ordonez bruised his left knee and Harris hurt his left ankle and shin.
"It could have been a lot worse," said Harris, who struggled as he tried to put on socks afterward. "We were both fortunate not to get hurt too bad."
Thomas hit a two-run double in the third off Jason Davis (1-3), added an RBI single in the fourth and hit another two-run double in the sixth as the White Sox took two of three in the series.
Thomas moves up
The Big Hurt moved up several career lists with another notable performance in a career full of them.
Thomas passed Ken Griffey Jr. for 57th place on the all-time RBI list, tied Rickey Henderson for 52nd with 873 extra base-hits and jumped to 86th on the career doubles list with 437.
He continued his media boycott following the game, but others talked about him.
"He's a pro," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "It's just a matter of time. Everybody knows what kind of damage he can do."
Schoeneweis (4- 1) improved his stature as well. The left-hander gave up three runs and five hits but wasn't hurt by five walks and struck out six.
He hasn't lost since April 8 and has pitched into the sixth inning in all eight starts this season.
"I made good pitches when I had to," said Schoeneweis, 2-0 with a 2.36 ERA in his last four starts. "The walks drive me nuts, but it's not like I was trying to. In the past, that could have gotten out of hand."
Konerko hit a three-run double, and Ross Gload homered in the eighth.
Victor Martinez homered for the Indians in the fifth.
Davis didn't survive the third inning when Chicago tagged him for five runs and seven hits -- six of them with two outs.
Thomas' first two-run double triggered the outburst, which was followed by RBI hits from Carlos Lee, Jose Valentin and Konerko as the White Sox opened a 5-1 lead.