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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins flexed some muscle for their first three-game sweep of the season. The Chicago White Sox were easily overpowered in this lopsided series. Brian Doziers two-run homer was one of a career-high four long balls hit off John Danks, and the Twins beat the White Sox 8-4 on Thursday. "It always helps a lot when youve got everybody hitting in the lineup," said Dozier, who homered for the third time in his last four games. "Hopefully that wont let up, and we can continue the hot bats and the pitching and defence." Oswaldo Arcia went deep in the second inning ahead of Dozier. Clete Thomas and Eduardo Escobar hit back-to-back shots in the fourth, sending the White Sox to their seventh defeat in the last eight games. They fell to a league-worst 13-28 on the road and 5-13 in June. "The game is hard enough when youre not playing well," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "When youre not playing well, you can see all the warts." Danks (1-4) lasted only five innings, giving up 12 hits and six runs. Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn hit consecutive home runs against Scott Diamond (5-6) in the sixth inning, but that wasnt nearly enough. The six combined homers on this humid, breezy afternoon matched a record at Target Field, which opened in 2010. The Twins last swept the White Sox in a three-game series Sept. 14-16, 2010, in Chicago. Theyd never done it here before. "Youre only as good as your last game, but theres a confidence level," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. The White Sox dropped to 29-41, the first time theyve been 12 games under .500 since the last day of the 2007 season, when they finished 72-90. That was the only year in the history of the AL Central, which was created in 1994, the White Sox have finished in fourth place. Theyve never finished last in the Central, but theyre well on their way this summer, with starting pitching joining this week the list of problems topped by fielding and scoring. "We truly feel like were way too good to be playing like this," Danks said. "We feel were just as talented as any team in the league." The signs of struggle were everywhere. Alejandro De Azas drag bunt attempt in the fifth inning sailed about 20 feet in the air all the way to Dozier for an easy catch at second base. Then in the sixth, shortstop Alexei Ramirez let a soft two-out grounder get through his legs for an error. Two batters later, Justin Morneaus two-run single with the bases loaded stretched the lead to 8-4. Danks, whose season started late because of surgery last summer on his left shoulder, fell to 0-4 in his four road starts with a 7.29 ERA. Nine of the 10 home runs hes allowed have been on the road. "Home runs are exciting, but as long as were putting them on the board youve got to be happy," Diamond said. Quipped Gardenhire: "As long as theyre ours being hit into the seats, thats OK." Diamond won for only the second time in his last eight starts, with only one completion of six innings in that span. This turn, he lasted 5 1-3 innings with seven hits and four runs allowed. One of those was unearned, due to a throwing error by third baseman Trevor Plouffe in the fourth. Reliever Jesse Crain has been one bright spot for the White Sox, at least. The former Twins right-hander set Chicagos franchise record with his 28th consecutive scoreless appearance, passing J.J. Putzs mark from 2010. Crain, who has 37 strikeouts in 28 innings during the streak, has allowed only two runs all season, most recently on April 12. NOTES: The six victories (out of nine) were the most on a homestand by the Twins since winning six of 12 here on from July 14-24, 2011. ... Ventura expressed encouragement about RHP Jake Peavys first real exercise -- riding the stationary bike -- since he broke a rib two weeks. Peavy is expected to miss another two to four weeks. ... 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MILWAUKEE -- LeBron James and his wife, Savannah, already have three children, but the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar said seeing his game show, The Wall, debut on NBC on Monday made him feel like proud papa all over again.To see it come all the way to where it was last night, it was like seeing your kid go off to college, James said Tuesday at shootaround in preparation for the Cavs game against the Milwaukee Bucks.The Cavs had a team-watch party in Milwaukee on Monday for the first episode of The Wall, on which James serves as an executive producer. The show is the result of collaboration between James and longtime associate Maverick Carters SpringHill Entertainment, as well as The Walls host, Chris Hardwick, and Andrew Glassman of Glassman Media.Monday was the first of two preview episodes to air. The next will air Jan. 2, and the show will premiere officially on Tuesday, Jan. 3.It was great, James said. I remember from Day 1 when it was pitched to us, and it was put on like a Power Point [presentation], and the wall was constructed of like a big ol board of paper, and the game was broken down of how it was going to be played and how the contestants can win and things of that nature.The Wall has more than $12 million in potential prize money every episode with the goal to change peoples lives in an instant, according to a news release. In Mondays show, a couple from James hometown of Akron, Ohio, came away with $1.3 million.Richard Jefferson captured some of the watch party on his Snapchat account and showed an uneasy James sitting back in his seat as he watched it unfold. Im nervous for the contestants, James said in thhe video.ddddddddddddhis is not SpringHill Entertainments first small-screen foray. It has also produced Survivors Remorse, a scripted comedy about a fictional professional basketball player balancing his newfound wealth and fame with his humble beginnings, which was picked up for a fourth season by Starz in August, and the CNBC entrepreneurial series Cleveland Hustles.Its different in the fact that that particular show is something that reminded me of when I was a kid and the families would all get together, and no matter what age group youre in, you can all enjoy it, James said when asked to compare his shows. And for The Wall, thats one of those game shows where a kid thats 10 years old all the way to a grandmother thats 60 or 70 can watch it and just have the same reaction and the same exhale or the same defeat when they lose money or the same excitement when they win money. For us to be in the position where we can create excitement not only for the contestants that are on the show but for the families that are watching across the country, its pretty cool.And as for what game shows James tuned into when he was the same age his kids are now?I watched The Price is Right a lot, James said. My mother watched it all the time, and we only had one TV so at the end of the day, you watched what your mother watched -- including The Bold and the Beautiful and All My Children. So whatever moms was watching, I had to watch. So, The Price is Right was one of them, Jeopardy, all those shows that came on. ' ' '