Headed to the plate with the bases loaded in a tie game, Ryan Raburn would have been happy with a base hit.Instead, he drove the first pitch he saw from Jake Peavy into the left-field bullpen to stun the crowd at U.S. Cellular Field.Raburn’s grand slam and Miguel Cabrera’s second homer in as many days led the Tigers to a 7-3 win over the White Sox on Sunday.Raburn was mired in a 6-for-52 slump before his third career grand slam. The 30-year-old has a hit in each of his last five games and is beginning to see things turn around.The Tigers captured the last two in the weekend series to move within 2½ games of AL Central-leading Cleveland, which lost 2-0 to Texas on Sunday. They have won 11 of their last 12 games against the White Sox overall. Brad Penny (5-4) rebounded from a shaky first inning to pick up the victory. He allowed three runs and eight hits, struck out five and walked two in five innings. Peavy left with a strained right groin after allowing six runs in the fourth inning, including Raburn’s slam. Peavy’s 2010 season ended when he injured his right shoulder on July 6. Peavy said the injury dates to his previous start in Boston on May 30.

“I didn’t think too much of it until after the second inning (Sunday),” Peavy said. “It was grabbing bad enough for me to come out and do a wrap job, and took a couple of Tylenols.”

The Cubs pushed across two runs in the first and Peavy (2-1) retired the first nine batters before running into trouble in the fourth. Austin Jackson reached on a leadoff single and Don Kelly followed with a bouncer to first baseman Paul Konerko, who threw to second for one, but shortstop Alexei Ramirez’s throw back to Konerko pulled him off the base and Kelly was safe. Peavy then walked Brennan Boesch and threw a wild pitch, putting runners on second and third. After Cabrera drew a walk in a 13-pitch at-bat, Victor Martinez hit a sacrifice fly and Andy Dirks tied it with an RBI double. Another walk, this one to Alex Avila, loaded the bases for Raburn, whose last grand slam came on May 15, 2009. Penny was backed by four scoreless innings from the Detroit bullpen. Adam Dunn’s leadoff single in the sixth and Ramirez’s two-out infield single in the ninth were the only hits after Penny departed. Closer Jose Valverde got Konerko to line out with runners on first and second to end the game. Peavy allowed six runs, three hits and walked three in his fifth start since he rejoined the team on May 11 after recovering from shoulder surgery. The 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner threw 75 pitches and will be re-evalauted on Monday. Since being traded to the White Sox on July 31, 2009, Peavy is 12-7 in 27 starts. He was bothered by ankle problems in 2009 and went 3-0 in three late starts for the White Sox. He made 17 starts last year and was 7-6 before his season was cut short by the shoulder injury. Cabrera hit his 13th homer off Will Ohman in the sixth. He also had a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning of Saturday’s 4-2 win.Konerko was back in the lineup after undergoing a minor procedure to dislodge a loose fragment in his left wrist on Friday. He hit an RBI double in a two-run first.White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham homered for the second straight day. His solo drive in the fourth was his sixth of the season.Dunn was 1 for 4 with three strikeouts. He struck out in the eighth, igniting boos from the crowd.

NOTES—White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen gave CF Alex Rios the day off. He is in a 6-for-40 slump covering his last 10 games. Guillen said he might also rest Rios on Monday against the Mariners. … The White Sox activated INF Mark Teahen from the 15-day DL and designated RHP Jeff Marquez for assignment.

For the second straight night, Ozzie Guillen took his chances against Miguel Cabrera. This time, it turned out to be the wrong decision. Cabrera hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two out in the ninth inning, sending Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers to a 4-2 victory over the White Sox on Saturday night. Austin Jackson opened the ninth with a triple against Jesse Crain (2-2), who nearly wriggled out of the jam. Don Kelly popped out and Brennan Boesch struck out before Cabrera hit a 1-2 pitch over the right-field fence to put the Tigers ahead 4-2. On Friday night, Guillen elected to pitch to Cabrera with a runner on. Sergio Santos ended up striking out Cabrera to end the game, securing a 6-4 victory. Cabrera hit his third homer in the last five games.Jose Valverde retired the White Sox in the bottom half for his 15th save in 15 chances. Alex Rios led off with a walk, but Valverde set down the next three batters to end the game. Jackson had three hits and scored twice for the Tigers, who have won four of five. Verlander (6-3) allowed two runs and seven hits in eight innings to improve to 7-0 with a 2.06 ERA in his last seven starts against the Southsiders.Gordon Beckham hit a two-run homer for the White Sox, who had won a season-high four straight games. The Sox wasted a chance to take the lead in the eighth. Brent Morel led off with a single and advanced to second on Juan Pierre’s sacrifice. Alexei Ramirez followed with a single and third base coach Jeff Cox held Morel at third with one out. Verlander struck out Carlos Quentin looking, then A.J. Pierzynski hit a bouncer up the middle. Verlander fell down as he fielded the ball, but got up and made the easy throw to first to get Pierzynski. He grinned as he walked off the mound.Verlander is 4-0 in his last six starts, a stretch that began with his second career no-hitter May 7 in Toronto. He allowed just four hits over 7 2/3 innings in Sunday’s 3-0 win over Boston while throwing a career-high 132 pitches.Jackson and Boesch combined to get the Tigers off to a fast start. Jackson led off the game with an infield single and Boesch’s one-out drive to right off Edwin Jackson made it 2-0. It Boesch’s fifth homer of the season. Jackson limited the damage by getting Alex Avila to ground out with the bases loaded to end the inning. The White Sox tied it in the fifth inning. Brent Lillibridge led off with a comebacker off Verlander’s foot. Detroit’s ace didn’t see the ball right in front of him, then picked it up and hurried his throw past Cabrera at first. The ball rolled down the right-field line and Lillibridge hustled into third on the error. After Adam Dunn struck out, Beckham hit Verlander’s first pitch into the left-field seats for his fifth homer. The Tigers had plenty of opportunities to knock Jackson out of the game early. They left eight on in the first four innings and pushed Jackson’s pitch count to 100 before he got an out in the fifth. Jackson struck out Don Kelly with a 95 mph fastball to end the sixth.Jackson allowed seven hits and walked four in six innings, throwing 124 pitches. The Sox played without slugger Paul Konerko for the second straight game. Konerko was scratched Friday after undergoing a minor medical procedure to dislodge a loose fragment in his left wrist. Guillen expects Konerko, who is experiencing soreness, to miss Sunday’s game against the Tigers, but thinks he will be back Monday against the Mariners.

NOTES—Tigers LHP Phil Coke is expected to come off the disabled list and start Wednesday at Texas…..The troubles continue for Dunn, who was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts, dropping his average to .178. Dunn signed a $56 million, four-year contract with the White Sox over the winter.

KANSAS CITY—The Rush (9-3) defeated the Kansas City Command (4-8) 58-30 at the Sprint Center for their fourth consecutive win on Saturday afternoon. With three interceptions in the game, Rush DB Vic Hall broke the AFL record of 13 interceptions in a single season.

“After a sloppy first half we came out and played Rush football throughout the second half,” said Head Coach Bob McMillen. “I liked how we finished the game.”

The Rush offense got off to a quick start with a 4-yard touchdown toss by QB Russ Michna to WR Reggie Gray. Following suit, the Rush defense stepped up to hold QB JJ Raterink and the Command offense on their first drive of the game, allowing the Rush to take over at the1-yard line. The first quarter proved to be a defensive battle, and ended with the Rush leading 7-0. To open the second quarter, the Rush offense marched down the field to set up a 21-yard field goal kick by Chris Gould. DB Vic Hall and the Rush defense held the Command offense again in their second and third consecutive possessions. The strong defensive stand allowed Michna to connect with WR Derek Lee for a 17-yard touchdown reception. However, after a failed field goal attempt by Gould, the Command offense scored on a 45-yard touchdown reception by former Rush WR Tod Devoe. The first half came to a close as DB Jason Simpson recovered the ball of the net to put the Rush up 23-9.Kansas City opened the second half on offense and capitalized with a 7-yard touchdown reception by WR Robert Gill. The Rush responded quickly with a 34-yard touchdown reception by WR Charles Dillon.The Rush offense broke away in the fourth quarter and went on a 28-7 scoring run to end the game.  Michna finished the afternoon going 20 for 28 for 243 yards with no interceptions and six touchdowns. Michna connected evenly with all three receivers as Gray, Lee and Dillon each tallied two touchdowns.Hall again led the Rush defense with 10 solo tackles and three interceptions. DB Perry Kyles also had a strong afternoon finishing 8.5 tackles and one tackle for a loss.The Rush has a bye next week, and will look to extend their win streak to five games as they travel to Spokane to battle the defending ArenaBowl Champions, Spokane Shock(4-7) on Saturday, June 18th at 9 p.m. CST.

ST. LOUIS—Albert Pujols hit his second homer of the game with two outs in the 12th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 5-4 victory over the Cubs on Saturday.Pujols had his ninth game-ending homer of his career and first since Aug. 16, 2009, against the Padres on a 2-1 pitch from Jeff Samardzija (3-2) as the Cardinals prevailed in 95-degree heat. He has 41 career multihomer games, two of them this season, and has homered three times the last two games to emerge from a power funk. St. Louis relievers retired 17 in a row to end it, with Eduardo Sanchez (2-1) striking out two in two perfect innings. The Cubs have lost eight of 10 and didn’t get a hit after Carlos Pena’s infield single with one out in the seventh

BOSTON—Fenway is a friendly park to the Sox — the White Sox, who won its seventh consecutive game at the 99-year-old home of the Boston Red Sox as Paul Konerko hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning and a two-run homer in the ninth in a 7-4 victory that completed a three-game series sweep on Wednesday. The White Sox did.Gavin Floyd (6-5) allowed four runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings, but only one run and two hits in his last 4 2/3. After Konerko’s 12th homer of the year made it 7-4 against Jonathan Papelbon, Sergio Santos pitched the ninth for his ninth save in 10 opportunities. Actually, it’s been fairly consistent when the White Sox play there: They win.Their seven-game winning streak at Fenway is their longest there since they also won seven in 1958-59. They are 13-2 in their last 15 games against Boston and 9-1 beginning with the start of last season, at home and away. In their previous series, the White Sox were swept in three games at Toronto. And even after the sweep in Boston, they were 27-31 and trailed Cleveland by eight games in the AL Central. Boston lost its fourth straight for the first time since a six-game, season-opening slide. Matt Albers (1-3) replaced Tim Wakefield to start the seventh with the score tied at 4 and retired just one of the four batters he faced, allowing singles to the other three. Konerko’s homer was the 377th of his career, tying Norm Cash and Jeff Kent for 64th place all-time. He has two in his last two games. White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez wrapped up an outstanding series by going 3 for 5 with three runs and an RBI. He was 9 for 14 in the three games. The Red Sox battered Floyd through the first two innings with three runs and seven hits. In the first, singles by Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez put runners at first and third with no outs, but Kevin Youkilis grounded into a double play.Boston took a 3-0 lead in the second when five of the first six batters got hits. Ortiz led off with a double and took third on a single by Carl Crawford. Jed Lowrie’s ground-rule double drove in one run and, after Josh Reddick struck out, Jarrod Saltalamacchia drove in two more. Floyd didn’t allow another hit until the sixth, when Ortiz led off with his 13th homer.The White Sox managed just one hit off Wakefield in the first three innings and then scored four in the next three.The White Sox got a run in the fourth on a walk to Ramirez, a passed ball and an RBI double by Brent Lillibridge, and they tied the game at 3 with two runs in the fifth. Ramon Castro walked, took second on a single by Gordon Beckham and third when Juan Pierre grounded into a forceout at second. Castro then scored on a groundout by Ramirez, and Pierre, who had stolen second, came in on a double by Carlos Quentin.Lillibridge put the Sox ahead 4-3 in the sixth with his sixth homer before Ortiz tied it with his second homer in as many days.

NOTES—Ortiz hit his 144th homer at Fenway Park, one behind Bobby Doerr for fifth in Red Sox history. In Tuesday night’s 10-7 loss, he passed Manny Ramirez (142) for sixth place. Ortiz hit 10 homers in May…..Red Sox lefty reliever Rich Hill left the game in the seventh with a left forearm injury after facing just one batter. He walked Adam Dunn on seven pitches then grabbed his left elbow. “The cursory examination looked good, but when somebody grabs his arm like that you’ve got to get him checked out,” Francona said….Rene Rancourt, who sings the national anthem at Boston Bruins home games, sang it before Wednesday’s game at Fenway Park while wearing a shirt with the Bruins’ “spoked B” emblem on it. Boston and Vancouver were scheduled to start the Stanley Cup finals in Vancouver later Wednesday

It was a warm day a Wrigley Field with a stiff win blowing out to right field and starting pitchers with a combined ERA of nearly 12. A day for the hitters, right? It didn’t turn out that way. Brett Myers outdueled Doug Davis and the Houston Astros beat the Cubs 3-1 on Wednesday to finish off a three-game sweep. Houston’s Michael Bourn hit a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh, breaking a tied game. Myers (2-4) won his sixth straight decision against the Cubs, improving to 12-3 with a 2.12 ERA in his career against the Astros’ NL Central rivals.Doug Davis (0-4) matched Myers for six innings, but was responsible for the decisive runs when reliever Sean Marshall gave up Bourn’s single with two outs in the seventh. Davis allowed nine hits and struck out five in 6 1/3 innings, his longest outing since April 24 last season. Davis fell to 3-12 in his career against the Astros.Jason Michaels hit a solo homer and Bourn, Clint Barmes, Carlos Lee and Jeff Keppinger had two hits apiece for the Astros. Bourn stole two bases, increasing his NL-leading total to 22. Pitching for the third straight day, Astros closer Mark Melancon worked around a lead-off walk in the ninth, saving his fourth game in six chances this season. Melancon’s outing capped a three scoreless innings performance by Houston’s bullpen. Kosuke Fukudome homered to lead off the game, but that was all the offense the Cubs could muster. They had just three hits on the day. Keppinger started Houston’s seventh-inning rally with a single, and Chris Johnson hit a hard grounder down the third-base line. Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez dove for the ball, which appeared to take a bad hop and strike him in the mouth area. He remained on the ground while shortstop Starlin Castro retrieved the ball.Ramirez was replaced by rookie D.J. LeMahieu and, as part of a double switch by Cubs manager Mike Quade, Davis was removed for reliever Kerry Wood. Wood walked J.R. Towles, loading the bases, but struck out pinch hitter Angel Sanchez. Quade summoned the lefty Marshall to face Bourn, who singled to right and gave Houston a 3-1 lead. Ramirez suffered lacerations on the inside of his lip that required stitches. The club was waiting for him to be examined before detemining if he would miss any time.In the fourth, Lee reached on a bloop single when Cubs left-fielder Blake DeWitt, a career infielder, broke back on the ball. Davis picked Lee off of first base to eliminate the threat. After Fukudome’s leadoff homer, Myers settled down to retire 10 of the next 11 Cubs batters. Long balls have been a problem for Myers all season, so it was bad news that the notorious wind was blowing out at Wrigley. Sure enough, Fukudome greeted him with a leadoff shot into the right-centerfield bleachers. It was the third homer to lead off a game. Myers has allowed 15 homers this season, the most in the major leagues.The Astros played a little long ball of their own to even the game in the second. Michaels went deep off Davis, his first homer of the season. The Astros did plenty of damage in Chicago, taking three straight from the Cubs at Wrigley for the first time since Sept. 1-3, 2008.

NOTES—Matt Garza (right elbow) threw a side session Wednesday, will throw another in St. Louis this weekend and could rejoin the rotation next week in Cincinnati……Astros rookie Jordan Lyles’s first big league start on Tuesday night got a little worse Wednesday. The run he was charged with was changed to earned by the official scorer. Lyles allowed two runs in 7-plus innings…..Mills said OF Jason Bourgeois (strained left oblique) will join Triple-A Oklahoma City this weekend…..The Astros’ Brandon Lyon (right rotator cuff) will throw a simulated game Thursday in San Diego…..Astros reliever Alberto Arias , who hasn’t pitched in a game since 2009 because of injuries, will have surgery on his right (throwing) shoulder Friday in Houston….. Houston’s Hunter Pence extended his hitting streak to 13 games.