Peavy hurt in Sox loss

Ryan Raburn hit a grand slam, Miguel Cabrera homered for the second straight day and the Detroit Tigers beat the White Sox 7-3 on Sunday at U.S. Cellular Field.

The Tigers captured the last two in the weekend series at Chicago 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.

White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy left with a strained right groin after allowing six runs in the fourth inning, including Raburn’s grand slam. Peavy’s 2010 season ended when he injured his right shoulder on July 6.

The Sox 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 to load the bases, 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, who snapped a 6-for-52 rut with his third career grand slam.