CHICAGO – Buehrle pitched eight strong innings for his 100th career victory and the Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros 6-3 to snap a five-game losing streak on Sunday. Now, he has a minor milestone this season to go with the no-hitter he pitched in April.

“I’d rather have those things not happen to me, and we be in first place or close to leading the division,” Buehrle said. “But on a personal level, it feels pretty good.”

Paul Konerko had three hits, including a solo homer, and drove in two runs as Chicago won for just the third time in 15 games. Luis Terrero and Juan Uribe added solo shots during a three-run fifth.

Buehrle (3-3) did his part after failing in his first seven attempts at win No. 100.

“Hopefully, for 101, we don’t have to wait two months,” manager Ozzie Guillen said.

Buehrle allowed six hits and a run while striking out four and walking one. He threw a no-hitter against Texas on April 18 and beat Kansas City five days later, but he went 0-3 and saw his ERA jump from 2.59 to 3.99 over the next seven starts.

However, Houston’s Wandy Rodriguez struggled again.

The left-handed Rodriguez (3-6) allowed seven hits and five runs, four earned, in five innings. It was his third loss in four starts.

“We’re in a rotten position right now,” manager Phil Garner said. “We need to win (in) streaks. If we win two out of three for the rest of the year we’ll be in good shape, but we got to put together a good streak. We just can’t have momentum like the last couple of days just drift away and have a nothing ball game like we did today.”

It was another shaky outing for a bullpen that has a 9.09 ERA and five blown saves in its last 29 games. Dewon Day walked two batters with one out and Boone Logan walked another to load the bases, before closer Bobby Jenks came in. Jenks, who took the loss Saturday, allowed a run to score on a wild pitch and another on a groundout before striking out Luke Scott for his 17th save in 18 chances.

The Sox (27-32) had not fallen seven games below .500 since June 12, 2003, and were trying to avoid their first six-game losing streak since August 2005.

The Astros committed three errors, were sloppy on the bases, and they couldn’t afford it with Buehrle pitching like this.

“He was (hitting) corners all day with me,” Houston’s Morgan Ensberg said. “He got ahead and at that point, I was battling. I don’t feel like I got a really great pitch to hit today.”