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Posted at 11:45 a.m., Monday, April 13, 2009

MLB: Dye, Konerko reach 300 homers in White Sox win

Associated Press

DETROIT — Jermaine Dye and Paul Konerko reached 300 career homers with consecutive drives in the second inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 10-6 on Monday.

Carlos Quentin went 4-for-4 with two homers and four RBIs for the White Sox, who earned their third straight win. Dye went 3-for-5, and Konerko finished with four hits and three RBIs.

Dye and Konerko became the first teammates to hit century milestone home runs of at least 300 in the same game, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

Ramon Santiago hit a three-run homer and Josh Anderson had three RBIs for Detroit, which had won three straight. Santiago finished with three hits.