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Crede, White Sox look to push streak to six

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:16 PM Minnesota (31-31) at Chi White Sox (35-26) 2:05 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Joe Crede hopes his recent power surge continues when the Chicago White Sox look to extend their winning streak to six games against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.

Crede drove in six runs and registered his second straight multi-homer game in the series in Saturday's 11-2 rout.

The 30-year-old third basemen became the first White Sox player to homered twice in back-to-back games since Greg Norton did it against Detroit on May 27-28, 1999.

"It seems like after the off-day (Monday) I had a chance to go back home and had a chance to relax and kind of straighten things back out," Crede said. "I've been feeling good at the plate, and it's just a matter of riding it out as long as I can."

Chicago's Gavin Floyd (6-3, 3.15 ERA) goes after his third win in a row after limiting Kansas City to four runs and six hits in seven innings of a 9-5 win on Tuesday.

The last time the 25-year-old righthander face the Twins at home he came within two outs of throwing no-hitter until Joe Mauer's double to left-center field broke up the bid on May 6.

Minnesota counters with Kevin Slowery (2-5, 3.76), who searches for his third straight road win. Most recently, the righthander gave up four runs in six innings in a 5-3 setback to Baltimore on Tuesday.

Slowery owns a 1-1 mark in three lifetime appearances against the White Sox, who beat the 24-year-old here on May 8.