Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals
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Carlos Rodón, White Sox beat Royals 3-0
The Royals were blanked for the second straight game in part of a six-game losing streak, all to division opponents.
Rodón (5-0) limited the Royals to five hits
“We didn't put pressure on (Rodón),” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “We didn’t have many chances. He kept us off balance.”
Kansas City threatened with two on and one out in the fourth, but the righty worked out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts.
Relievers Codi Heuer, Aaron Bummer and Liam Hendriks worked the final three innings to complete the shutout. Hendriks earned with sixth save. “We have the making of a bullpen with a lot of depth,” White Sox manager Tony La Russa said.
Collins opened the scoring in the fifth inning with a solo shot to center. “I was trying to put together a good at-bat," Collins said. "I got the barrel to it, and it got out.”
It was just the 26th home run of the year for the White Sox, which is 28th in the league.
Brad Keller (2-4) gave up three runs off five hits in six innings of work with a season-high six strikeouts and a walk. The bulk of the damage came in the sixth inning with RBI from Adam Eaton and Jose Abreu.
“We put a couple of good at-bats together, Keller had really good stuff," La Russa said. We did enough but credit to Keller, he was good. We just kept after it."
Salvador Perez led the Royals, going 4 for 4 with a double.
Kansas City has lost 11 of the last 13 matchups with Chicago dating to last season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: OF Luis Robert (right hip flexor) will not need surgery but faces a prolonged stint on the 10-day injury list.
ROSTER MOVES
White Sox: Chicago reinstated LHP Garrett Crochet from the 10-day injured list and optioned RHP Alex McRae to AAA Charlotte.
UP NEXT
Daniel Lynch (0-0, 5.79 ERA) will make his second career start for the Royals. Lance Lynn (2-1, 1.82 ERA) will counter for Chicago. Lynn tossed a complete-game shutout with 11 strikeouts in his last start against Kansas City.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Lopez flied out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Taylor reached on infield single to shortstop, Soler to second, Pérez to third. |
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9th Inning | O'Hearn struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | O'Hearn hit for Alberto |
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9th Inning | Dozier struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Soler reached first base on catcher's interference, Soler to first on error by catcher Collins. |
Statistics
 CHW |
 KC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 11 | Ground Balls | 8 |
| 9 | Strikeouts | 13 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 7 | Hits | 8 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 4 | Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 1 |
| 3 | Runs | 0 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 33 | At Bats | 35 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 0 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 18 | Runners Left On Base | 19 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 1 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 1 |
| 14 | Fly Balls | 14 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 171 | Pitches | 137 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 12 | Total Bases | 9 |
| 38 | Plate Appearances | 36 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 0.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
| 3.5 | Runs Created | 1.7 |
| .212 | Batting Average | .229 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .364 | Slugging Percentage | .257 |
| .273 | Secondary Average | .029 |
| .297 | On Base Percentage | .229 |
| .661 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .486 |
| 0.8 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.6 |
| 3.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 1.7 |
| 26.0 | Batter Rating | 10.0 |
| 33.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 0.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.50 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.81 |
| .152 | Isolated Power | .029 |
| 0.44 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.00 |
| .105 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .000 |
| .061 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.200 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 0.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.0 |
| 0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.3 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 76.5 | MLB Rating | 66.0 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 16,011 | Capacity: