CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Carlos Lee extended his hitting streak to 26 games and Frank Thomas hit two home runs as the Chicago White Sox scored in every inning except the first in a 10-8 victory over the Atlanta Braves .

Lee, who went 3-for-5, moved within one game of the longest streak in team history, a mark shared by Lance Johnson and Albert Belle .

"I'm just seeing the ball real well right now and I'm just trying to put on some good swings," Lee said. " Albert Belle was a great hitter, so I hope I can do it (tie the record)."

Playing first base, Thomas hit solo homers in the fourth and eighth innings, giving him 433 for his career. He passed Cal Ripken Jr. for 31st on the all-time list.

"When I put him (Thomas) at first base, I don't have to listen to him in the dugout," said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen , who was ejected in the top of the sixth.

The Braves (30-31) dropped under .500 this late in the season for the first time since 1990, the year before they began their string of 12 straight division titles.

The White Sox , who defeated the Braves for the first time in five meetings, scored four runs in the second and one in each of the next seven innings.

Atlanta erased a 6-2 deficit with four runs in the fifth, tying it on a two-run homer by Chipper Jones .

"We made a great comeback," Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "We just couldn't hold them."

The White Sox regained the lead for good in the bottom half as Atlanta starter John Thomson (5-4) walked leadoff hitter Paul Konerko , who eventually scored on Miguel Olivo 's groundout.

After Chicago tacked on runs in the sixth and seventh, the Braves closed within 9-8 in the eighth on an RBI single by Eli Marrero and a run-scoring groundout by Mark DeRosa .

Chicago starter Esteban Loaiza (7-3) got the win, despite allowing six runs and eight hits in six innings with three walks and six strikeouts.

Shingo Takatsu tossed a scoreless ninth for his first major league save.

"In Japan, that would be standard, but it's my first one in the U.S., so I'm very excited to get it," Takatsu said through an interpreter.

The White Sox reached Thomson for four runs in the second on Timo Perez 's RBI single and Juan Uribe 's bases-clearing double. They made it 5-0 in the third on Joe Crede 's RBI single.

Prior to Urribe's double, Thomson had a close 1-2 pitch called a ball, extending the inning.

"If I get that for strike three, I come out of that inning with one run instead of four," Thomson said. "If everything else stays the same, it's a different finish."

The game featured fireworks. Guillen was ejected during a heated and prolonged exchange with plate umpire Gerry Davis .

"The last guy I thought would throw me out is Gerry Davis ," Guillen said. "He is a good man and a good umpire. I was trying to protect my pitcher and that's part of the game. But when I get thrown out, I feel like I let the team down."

The Braves began their comeback on J.D. Drew's two-run shot in the fourth.