MINNEAPOLIS -- David Ortiz insists he isnt trying to do anything special to show the Minnesota Twins they made a big mistake by letting him go in 2002. It just looks that way every time he crushes another ball into the Target Field seats. Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to torment his former team once again, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. "It used to be," Ortiz said when asked if there was extra motivation when he played the Twins. "Not anymore. I just go about my business. I try to hit the moon every time I go to hit anywhere. Its not new." Dustin Pedroia had two hits, two walks and an RBI, extending his hitting streak to 10 games. Daniel Nava also went deep for the Red Sox, who have won four straight following a slide in which they had lost 10 of 14. Scott Diamond (3-4) gave up six runs on eight hits and walked three in 4 1-3 innings for the Twins, who have lost four in a row to fall into last place in the AL Central. Pedro Florimon had two hits and two RBIs and Joe Mauer extended his hitting streak to 15 games with two hits. Craig Breslow (1-0) pitched 1 2-3 innings of scoreless relief for the win. Ortiz also had a single and a walk, raising his batting average to .362 in a game that lasted 3 hours, 53 minutes. "His performance is as good as youre going to find in the league right now," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. Twins general manager Terry Ryan has long been one of the most respected executives in the game. But one of his biggest mistakes came in 2002 when he released Ortiz, who had just appeared to start putting things together in his sixth big league season. The move is still haunting Ryan and the Twins 11 years later. Ortiz signed with the Red Sox, and promptly blossomed into one of the most feared hitters in the American League, a central figure in Bostons two World Series championships and the kind of slugger the Twins have been searching for ever since. He wears No. 34 in honour of the late Kirby Puckett and seems to take particular delight in hammering his former team. Ortiz is 19 for 37 with five homers and 16 RBIs at Target Field. "The one guy we say dont let beat us is David Ortiz," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Theyve got a lot of really good hitters over there, but we told them to stay away from this guy, dont give in to him. And he keeps sending souvenirs." Diamond laboured from the start, falling behind 3-0 after 19 pitches. Ortiz jumped on a flat slider and drove it into the seats in right-centre field for his sixth homer of the season. Red Sox starter Ryan Dempster wasnt much better. He walked four hitters in the second and third innings to load the bases in both frames, but the right-hander got Mauer to chase a breaking ball down and away to escape in the second and then got Aaron Hicks to fly out to deep right field to end the third. Dempster needed a staggering 127 pitches to get through just 4 2-3 innings. He gave up five runs on eight hits and walked six. "I just couldnt get consistency with any of my pitches," Dempster said. "I kept missing away with it. I really didnt have any of my pitches tonight." Down 7-5 in the sixth, the Twins loaded the bases again. But Pedroia made a nifty over-the-shoulder catch in shallow right field, then whirled and easily threw out Ryan Doumit at home on a major base-running blunder. Ortiz and Nava busted the game open with two-run homers in the seventh, giving Ortiz his 40th career multi-homer game. "Hes swinging the bat great right now," Pedroia said. "Everything he hits is hard. He looks great up there." NOTES: The Red Sox played without OFs Shane Victorino and Stephen Drew because of back injuries. Farrell said both were hopeful of playing on Sunday. ... Mauer returned to the lineup after missing Friday night with a stiff back. ... Diamond and Dempster were facing each other for the second time this season, becoming the first pair of Canadian starters to meet more than once in a season since at least 1920, according to the Red Sox. ... The Twins will send LHP Pedro Hernandez (2-0, 5.79) to the mound on Sunday for the finale against Boston RHP John Lackey (1-4, 4.05). Lackey is looking to bounce back from a poor start against Tampa Bay, when he gave up five runs in 4 1-3 innings. Custom Timberwolves T-shirts . It is a cliché dragged out by fans and pundits regularly when discussions take place around which teams are better than others. 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Oswaldo Arcia homered leading off the 10th inning, and Minnesota beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 to complete the day-night doubleheader sweep on Friday. Josh Willingham and Chris Hermann also went deep in the game, and the Twins hit a combined seven homers on the day on the way to the sweep even though they struck out 25 times. "You dont win too many ballgames when you strike out (24) times," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "The ball flies here. We put some good swings out there, got enough runs. The bullpen did a great job. Starters did a great job for us." Brian Duensing (6-1) struck out the lone batter he faced in the opener and then worked a scoreless ninth to become the first pitcher to win both games of a doubleheader since the Yankees Luis Vizcaino on July 21, 2007, according to STATS LLC. He also is the first in franchise history to win two games on the same day since Walter Johnson in 1923, according to information provided to the team by the Elias Sports Bureau. "I was kind of in the right place at the right time," Duensing said. "I think all of our pitchers threw the ball really well today." All that came after the White Sox made a big move before the opener, trading Alex Rios to Texas. Then, Justin Morneau hit a grand slam and solo homer to lift the Twins to a 7-5 win in the early game. In the second game, Minnesota was trailing 2-1 heading into the eighth when Willingham greeted reliever Matt Lindstrom with a leadoff homer. Arcia, who homered in the first game, put the Twins ahead when he drove a 1-0 pitch from Dylan Axelrod (4-9) well beyond the centre-field wall leading off the 10th. Glen Perkins hit Avisail Garcia leading off the bottom half, but he ended it by retiring Alexei Ramirez on a fly to right with a runner on third for his 28th save in 31 chances. That gave the White Sox 12 losses in 15 games and wiped out whatever momentum they built by sweeping the New York Yankees. Hermann homered off Charlie Leesman in the fourth to give the Twins a 1-0 lead, but Chicagos Alexei Ramirez tied it with a solo drive in the bottom half against Liam Hendriks. That came hours after he hit a two-run shot, ending a home run drought that dated to April 3 and spanned 451 at-bats. The White Soxs Blake Tekotte made it 2-1 in the sixth with his first career homer, after being recalled from Triple-A Charlotte earlier in the day. Leesman dodged several tight spots in his major league debut but left to a nice ovation after he walked Chris Colabello leading off the sixth. He allowed one run and four hits, and was headed back to Triple-A after having his contract purchaased earlier in the day.dddddddddddd Hendriks lasted 6 1-3 innings and gave up two runs and seven hits before heading back to Triple-A Rochester. Caleb Thielbar came in with runners on first and third and struck out Garcia -- the promising outfielder who arrived late after being called up following the Rios trade --batting for Tekotte. "That situation called for him being put in the game," manager Robin Ventura said. "We didnt really hesitate. He was there for awhile." Clete Thomas made a nice running catch on Alejandro De Azas fly to centre to end the threat, and White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham saved a run with a diving stop against a pinch-hitting Joe Mauer with two on and two out in the eighth. In the first game, the White Sox were in line for their fourth straight win before Morneau mucked it up. His grand slam off reliever Nate Jones with two out in the seventh wiped out a 3-1 deficit. He added a solo drive in the ninth off Ramon Troncoso, making it 7-3. Perkins gave up a two-run single to Ramirez in the bottom half before striking out Adam Dunn to end the game. Colabello and Oswaldo Arcia also went deep for Minnesota and the Twins came away with the win after dropping two of three at Kansas City. Chicagos Paul Konerko tied Cal Ripken Jr. with his 431st home run. Ramirez made it 3-1 with a two-run drive in the fifth, and the White Sox fell after sweeping three from the New York Yankees. John Danks was in line for his first win since July 2, but the bullpen couldnt hold it for him. He left after walking Clete Thomas and Pedro Florimon to start the seventh. Matt Lindstrom struck out Brian Dozier before Donnie Veal (1-3) walked Joe Mauer to load the bases. Then, after Jones struck out Josh Willingham, Morneau drove a 1-2 pitch out to right. The grand slam was the seventh of his career and his first since July 20, 2009, at Oakland. Gibson lasted 5 2-3 innings for Minnesota and allowed three runs and four hits, including the drives by Konerko and Ramirez. He struck out four and walked four. Duensing (5-1) struck out Tekotte to end the sixth. NOTES: Ramirez had gone 451 at-bats without a homer before he connected in Game 1. ... Dayan Viciedo was the DH for Game 2 after being scratched from the lineup as the left fielder from Game 1 because of discomfort in his left thumb. He also missed Tuesdays game against the Yankees after jamming the thumb the previous day. ... The Twins placed C Ryan Doumit on the seven-day disabled list because of a concussion and activated Willingham (torn meniscus, left knee) from the 15-day DL. ... RHP Mike Pelfrey (4-9, 5.23 ERA) starts Saturday for Minnesota, with RHP Andre Rienzo (0-0, 1.38) pitching for the White Sox. ' ' '