White Sox 10, Braves 8

<p>Frank Thomas homered twice and Carlos Lee extended his career-best hitting streak to 26 games in the Chicago White Sox's 10-8 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.</p><p>Lee went 3-for-5 with an RBI and Juan Uribe had a three-run double for the White Sox, who had lost six of eight.</p><p>Esteban Loaiza (7-3) was hit hard but stayed in the game long enough to earn the win. He gave up six runs in six innings on eight hits, walking three and striking out six.</p><p>Lee lined a single just out of the reach of Braves second baseman Nick Green in the third to keep his hitting steak alive. He then stole second and scored on Joe Crede's RBI single.</p><p>The White Sox left fielder entered Saturday tied with Houston's Jeff Kent for the longest hitting streak in the majors this season. Lee is one game away from tying the club record set by Albert Belle in 1997.</p><p>Shingo Takatsu pitched the ninth to get his first major league save. He is the all-time Japanese saves leader with 260.</p><p>Thomas hit a solo home run in the fourth to make it 5-0, though it did come with some confusion. Thomas' 14th homer cleared the right-center fence, then bounced back onto the field. Thomas stood at second for several seconds until umpire Larry Poncino finally ruled it a home run, allowing Thomas to trot home.</p><p>It was the 433nd career home run for Thomas, moving him past Cal Ripken Jr. into 31st place on the all-time home run list.</p><p>Loaiza retired eight of the first 10 hitters he faced and didn't give up a hit until the fourth inning, when Green singled to right and scored on J.D. Drew's homer to left. The Braves put two more runners on base but stranded them when Loaiza struck out Andruw Jones swinging to end the inning.</p><p>Loaiza, a 21-game winner last season, got in trouble again in the fifth. He didn't work out of it this time. Rafael Furcal drove in Marrero with a double, Green singled to score Furcal and Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer to tie it at 6.</p><p>Green finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored.</p><p>Chicago went ahead 7-6 in the fifth when Paul Konerko walked, went to second on a bunt by Timo Perez and advanced to third on Green's throwing error. Konerko scored on Miguel Olivo's grounder to second.</p><p>Lee added a run-scoring single in the sixth.</p><p>White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was ejected in the sixth by umpire Gerry Davis for arguing balls and strikes. It was the first career ejection for Guillen and he stayed on the field for several minutes before finally leaving to a loud standing ovation.</p><p>John Thomson (5-4) allowed seven runs _ six earned _ on 10 hits in five innings for Atlanta. He walked three and struck out seven.</p><p>The White Sox took a 4-0 lead in the second on a bloop single by Perez that scored Jose Valentin. After Willie Harris walked to load the bases, Uribe hit a line drive over the head of Andruw Jones for a three-run double.</p><p>The Braves added two runs in the eighth on Eli Marrero's RBI single and run-scoring fielder's choice by Mark DeRosa.</p><p>Notes:@ Thomas started at first base for the first time this season. Thomas is getting some work in the field before the White Sox begin a six-game road trip to two National League cities. ... Julio Franco needs two RBIs to break Pete Rose's record of 25 by a player over the age of 44. ... Drew and Andruw Jones were thrown out by Olivo trying to steal second.</p>

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