BERLIN -- Hamburger SV forward Bobby Wood was sent off Sunday in a 3-0 defeat at Cologne that left the side struggling at the bottom of the Bundesliga.Hamburg paid an immediate price for the Americans dismissal with Anthony Modeste grabbing the first of his three goals three minutes afterward.Wood was sent off before the hour-mark for elbowing Cologne defender Dominique Heintz in the stomach after some shoving between the two while waiting for a free kick. Referee Benjamin Brand didnt see the incident but showed Wood the red card after consulting with his linesman.Hamburg had been competing well up to then but Modeste made the visitors pay with a flick to Simon Zollers cross inside the far post.Modeste and Zoller missed further chances as Cologne dominated, before the French forward sealed the result late with a header to Marcell Risses cross in the 82nd.Modeste then completed his first Bundesliga hat trick by shooting through `keeper Rene Adlers legs.Modeste had missed a penalty before the break when his effort crashed back off the left post, while Wood had Hamburgs best chance early on, only for Colognes Timo Horn to save.Cologne moved fourth behind Hoffenheim, which earlier beat Hertha Berlin to overtake the visiting side. Second-placed Leipzig completes an unusual chasing pack behind Bayern Munich.---HOFFENHEIM 1, HERTHA BERLIN 0Unbeaten Hoffenheim defeated high-flying Hertha 1-0 to go third and match its club record of five straight league wins.Niklas Suele scored with a powerful header from Kerem Demirbays free kick after a period of Hoffenheim pressure around the half-hour mark.Lukas Rupp had been thwarted by Hertha goalkeeper Rune Jarstein with the first big chance before Pavel Kaderabeks header hit the crossbar.The home side kept pushing as the visitors looked uncharacteristically out of their depth. Rupp again squandered a one-on-one with Jarstein before the goalkeeper was forced to intervene to clear from Andrej Kramaric.Only Jarstein prevented Hertha from slumping to a heavier defeat with a series of saves in the second half from Sandro Wagner, Kramaric and then Kramaric again late when it seemed the Croatian had to score.Hertha from dropped third to fifth after its second defeat. 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MINNEAPOLIS -- Byron Buxton homered in his return to the majors, and Trevor Plouffe continued his resurgence with a two-run shot as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 and ended a 13-game losing streak Thursday night.Minnesota got to Chicago starter Jose Quintana, who entered the day leading the American League with a 2.77 ERA. Quintana (11-10) allowed seven runs and seven hits in five innings and saw his ERA rise to 3.05.Ervin Santana (7-10) escaped trouble to win for the fourth time in five decisions. He gave up 11 hits and two walks, but allowed just two runs as the Twins snapped their losing streak, one off the franchise record for a season.Brandon Kintzler recorded his 13th save in 14 chances.Buxton started his third stint with Minnesota this season in surprising fashion, connecting for a three-run home run to cap a five-run second inning. The home run reached the second deck in left field and was Buxtons second of the season, his first in 34 games.The former top prospect has had a rough transition to the majors, hitting .199 entering Thursday in 109 career games the past two seasons. He was sent back to Triple-A Rochester on Aug. 7 after a 1-for-18 stretch saw his 2016 average dip to .193.Meanwhile, Plouffe has come around after a slow start to his season. He has hit .318 with three home runs and 16 RBI the past 16 games. Plouffe homered into the bullpens off Quintana in the fifth.Offense is a big reason the White Sox have gone 18-27 since the All-Star break. Chicago has scored 171 runs, the second-fewest in the league, since the break.The White Sox left runners in scoring position in each of the first five innings and left a total of 13 men on base in the game. Avisail Garcia snapped his bat over his knee in frustration after his second strikeout of the game in the seventh.Chicagos Todd Frazier hit his 34th home run to open the scoring in the second, and Jose Abreu connected for a two-run homer, his 20th, in the sixth.ddddddddddddCOME ON UPBuxton was Minnesotas lone call-up on Thursday with rosters expanding in September.Chicago added RHP Juan Minaya and C Kevan Smith from Triple-A Charlotte.Minaya, 25, was 5-6 with a 3.63 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 52 innings over 47 relief appearances since being claimed off waivers from Houston on June 22.Smith, 28, was recalled by the White Sox in April before going on the DL with a sacroiliac joint dysfunction without playing in a game. Smith was hitting .219 with eight home runs and 24 RBI for Charlotte this season.Minaya and Smith made their major league debuts in the eighth inning. Minaya pitched a scoreless inning. Smith lined out to center in his first at-bat.TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: SS Tim Anderson left the game in the third with a bruised right calf and was announced by the team as day to day. He was hit by line drive by teammate Melky Cabrera in the first. ... RHP Miguel Gonzalez (strained right groin) started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday. Gonzalez took the loss while allowing seven runs -- six earned -- in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out seven.Twins: Pitchers Trevor May (low back strain) and Tommy Milone (left biceps tendinitis) each threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and are scheduled to throw in the bullpen again during the weekend. If all goes well, the two would make a simulated start sometime next week, Twins manager Paul Molitor said.UP NEXTRHP Kyle Gibson (5-8, 5.17 ERA) will start the second game of the four-game series for Minnesota on Friday against LHP Carlos Rodon (5-8, 3.91). 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