The Twins took over the Wild Card lead in the American League last night with a tight 5-4 win over the White Sox. Chicago jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and knocked Brad Radke out of the game after two innings. The Minnesota bullpen responed with seven one-run innings, striking out seven and walking one. That allowed the Twins to mount a comeback in the sixth as Punto and Hunter homered for four runs, Torii delivering a three run blast. Bartlett delivered a two-out single in the ninth to put the Twins up 5-4.

The game ended on an unusual play:

As Twins first baseman Justin Morneau tried to make the catch, a fan reached over and interfered and the ball was knocked out of Morneau's glove. But first base umpire Andy Fletcher called Dye out to end the game.

"The fan definitely reached over into fair play and interfered with the fielder's opportunity to make the catch," Fletcher said. "He got in his way. I believe he would have made the catch had the fan not have been there."

Guillen didn't even argue.

"I wasn't going to waste my time when half the guy's body was on the field," Guillen said. "It was a good call."

You can't blame the fan for trying. Umpires have missed that call in the past. The win puts Minnesota ahead in the season series 7-6.

Correction 8/28/2006: I read the record incorrectly. The Twins were 9-6 against Chicago after this win. With the loss Sunday, they are now 9-7 on the season.