CHICAGO – After Brad Lidge gave up a tying grand slam to Tadahito Iguchi with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday night, Willy Taveras’ RBI single in the 13th sent the Houston Astros to a 10-9 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

The Astros blew an eight-run lead but recovered to avoid a three-game sweep in this World Series rematch and end Chicago’s nine-game win streak.

Adam Everett led off the 13th with a triple down the right-field line, off the glove of a diving Ross Gload. A fan also interfered, and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen came out of the dugout to argue.

But Taveras singled to left off Brandon McCarthy (3-4) to break the tie.

The Astros led 6-1 after Mike Lamb and Lance Berkman each hit two-run homers during the fifth inning off Javier Vazquez, 9-1 after scoring three in the top of the seventh and 9-5 entering the ninth.

The Astros brought in Lidge, who gave up Scott Podsednik’s game-ending homer in Game 2 of the World Series and the lone run in Game 4 on Jermaine Dye’s RBI single in the eighth. And the White Sox delivered more heartache on Sunday after A.J. Pierzynski’s leadoff single.

Things really came apart with two outs, when Alex Cintron singled and Podsednik walked to load the bases. Iguchi, who hit a three-run homer in the eighth, drilled a 1-1 pitch to over the center-field wall to tie it at 9, bringing the crowd to its feet.

It was the second grand slam and second multihomer game of Iguchi’s career. He had two homers, including a grand slam against the Chicago Cubs, on May 20, and the seven RBIs set a career high.

It’s the first time the White Sox hit grand slams in three consecutive games, and they became the first team to do so since the Detroit Tigers from Aug. 10-12, 1993. This was Chicago’s biggest comeback since rallying from down 8-0 to beat the Cubs on June 28, 2002.

Fernando Nieve (3-3) struck out Paul Konerko to end the 12th and worked the 13th.

Pablo Ozuna led off the 11th with an infield single to the third-base side of the mound and left the game with an irritated left hamstring. Pinch-runner Juan Uribe moved to third on a sacrifice by Rob Mackowiak and grounder to short by Cintron before Podsednik lined to left.

The Astros had runners on first and third with one out in the 10th. Bobby Jenks relieved Neal Cotts, and Brad Ausmus grounded into a double play. Houston had runners on first and second with two outs in the 11th, when Chris Burke forced the runner at third.

Astros starter Roy Oswalt allowed five hits, two runs and struck out seven in seven innings against a White Sox team that rattled St. Louis for a combined 33 runs in back-to-back games last week.

Lamb had two hits, scored three runs and drove in two, after delivering four hits in Saturday’s 6-5, 10-inning loss. Berkman drove in three runs, and Everett had three hits and scored twice for Houston.

Chicago’s Vazquez allowed nine runs in six-plus innings in his worst outing since Aug. 14, when he surrendered nine in two innings for Arizona against Atlanta. He left trailing 7-1 with runners on first and third in the seventh after allowing a triple by Taveras and singles to Biggio and Lamb.

Everett led off the fifth with a double, but the White Sox were on the verge of escaping. Taveras sacrificed the runner, Biggio struck out and Lamb had an 0-2 count. He sent the next pitch an estimated 420 feet out to right to make it 4-1.

Burke then walked, and Berkman drove his 22nd homer out to center to make it 6-1.

Konerko homered leading off the seventh to take sole possession of second place on the White Sox’s career list, ahead of Harold Baines. He has 19 this season and 222 with Chicago. Iguchi added a three-run shot in the eighth, and the comeback was on.

On Friday, Podsednik hit the first grand slam of his career off Andy Pettitte.

On Saturday, Houston’s Chad Qualls gave up a grand slam on his first pitch – this time to Joe Crede, rather than Konerko. And the White Sox went on to win 6-5 in 10 innings.