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Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox

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Kansas City Royals
33-32, 14-19 Away
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Chicago White Sox
22-43, 16-17 Home

Elko hits 2-run HR, Houser pitches 6 strong innings as White Sox beat Royals 4-1

Vinnie Pasquantino has no idea he hit a HR

Chase Meidroth also went deep for the White Sox, who have won three straight for the second time this season.

Houser (2-1) gave up a run and six hits while striking out six and walking one. It was the 32-year-old right-hander's fourth quality start since signing with the White Sox on May 20.

Cam Booser and Steven Wilson each gave up a hit in a scoreless inning, and Dan Altavilla got the last three outs for his second career save — first since 2020 while pitching for Seattle.

Michael Wacha (3-5) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out five.

Royals first baseman Vinny Pasquantino had was 3 for 3, including his 10th homer in the second inning for a 1-0 lead.

Elko's homer in the bottom of the second gave the White Sox a 2-1 lead. Meidroth pushed the advantage to two runs with his shot in the third, and Edgar Quero capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Key moment With runners on the corners and two outs in the eighth, Wilson struck out veteran catcher Salvador Pérez swinging to end the inning. Pérez struck out four times in four at-bats.

Key stat Other than Pasquantino, the rest of the Royals' lineup went 5 for 30 with nine strikeouts.

Up next Kansas City RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-6, 5.12 ERA) will start the series finale. The White Sox have not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Isbel popped out to shortstop.
9th Inning Canha to second on fielder's indifference.
9th Inning Canha walked.
9th Inning Loftin grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Caglianone flied out to center.
9th Inning Altavilla relieved S. Wilson

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
10 Ground Balls 8
9 Strikeouts 9
1 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 9
0 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 4
2 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
33 At Bats 32
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
16 Runners Left On Base 7
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 3
14 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
143 Pitches 128
0 Games Started 0
2 Pinch At Bats 0
1 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
11 Total Bases 18
36 Plate Appearances 34
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
1 Extra Base Hits 5
2.8 Runs Created 5.5
.242 Batting Average .281
.500 Pinch Hit Average .000
.333 Slugging Percentage .563
.182 Secondary Average .313
.306 On Base Percentage .294
.639 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .857
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
2.8 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 6.2
15.0 Batter Rating 37.0
33.0 At Bats Per Home Run 16.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.97 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.76
.091 Isolated Power .281
0.33 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.11
.083 Walks Per Plate Appearance .029
-.061 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .031
2.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
72.3 MLB Rating 86.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

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