NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle chased a second consecutive perfect game for five-plus innings on Tuesday before losing 5-3 to the Minnesota Twins.

Buehrle, who retired 27 consecutive batters in his perfect game on Thursday and his last batter in a July 18 win, sat down 17 Twins in a row on Tuesday to set the Major League record for retired consecutive batters at 45.

The left-hander (11-4) walked the next batter he faced in the sixth inning to ruin his perfect game, then gave up two consecutive hits and a run to spoil his no-hitter.

Minnesota then unloaded for four more runs in the seventh, all charged to Buehrle, before he left with one out after giving up three more hits.

San Francisco's Jim Barr set the previous record of 41 consecutive retired batters in 1972 and Buehrle's White Sox team mate Bobby Jenks tied it 2007.

(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by Ian Ransom)