Gordon Beckham hit a three-run homer Friday night to lead the White Sox to an 8-4 victory over the slumping Detroit Tigers. Mark Teahen, fresh off the disabled list, added a two-run shot for the Sox (65-51), which are 41-18 since June 9 — a surge that began with a 15-3 victory over the Tigers. Mark Buehrle (11-9) allowed three runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings and has won his last five decisions against Detroit.Beckham also tripled and scored in the seventh. One of baseball’s top rookies in 2009, he is batting .379 with five homers and 19 RBI in his last 28 games after getting off to a slow start.After losing five of seven to fall out of the AL Central lead, the White Sox received a timely visit from their favorite opponent. They are 7-2 against the Tigers this season and 65-36 against them since the start of 2005.Ryan Raburn and Brandon Inge homered for the Tigers (55-60), who are 7-23 since a July 11 loss to Minnesota dropped them out of first place. They are now 10 1/2 games behind the Twins, who lead the White Sox by one.Jeremy Bonderman (6-8) was in control until the fifth inning. Teahen and Alexei Ramirez singled with no outs and moved up on A.J. Pierzynski’s sacrifice. Teahen scored ahead of Bonderman’s throw after the pitcher fell while fielding Mark Kotsay’s infield tap. Beckham then homered to right-center field.Teahen, who had been out since May 31 with a broken right middle finger, connected in the sixth after Paul Konerko walked, giving the Sox a 6-2 lead.In his first season with the White Sox after spending his first five years in Kansas City, Teahen is thrilled to be in a pennant race.Bonderman allowed six runs and seven hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked one.Raburn’s homer in the seventh chased Buehrle, and a heavy rain fell as Sergio Santos warmed up. Santos allowed Gerald Laird’s bunt single and, after an 82-minute rain delay, walked Austin Jackson. He escaped the jam by striking out Johnny Damon and getting Jhonny Peralta to ground out.Inge, who came off the DL last week, hit a solo shot off Matt Thornton in the eighth for his first homer since May 30. It also snapped Thornton’s string of 22 straight scoreless appearances.Ramirez homered in the bottom half for the White Sox.
NOTES—Bobby Jenks remained out with back spasms and Guillen said the team must decide soon whether to put him on the DL. … Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera hit a run-scoring single in the sixth and has 50 RBIs in 51 road games. He leads the majors with 94 RBIs overall. … Raburn, who also doubled and singled, entered with only three hits in 17 career at-bats against Buehrle.