Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals
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Royals beat White Sox 2-0 as Chicago's scoreless streak reaches 20 innings
Garcia opened the game with a leadoff homer and the Royals added another run in the eighth inning when Garcia doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Vinnie Pasquantino.
Wacha (2-0) walked one before giving way to Lucas Erceg, who worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth save of the season.
Erick Fedde (0-3) took the loss after allowing one run on three hits in five innings for Chicago, which last scored in the seventh inning of a 2-0 win over Kansas City on Thursday and lost 2-0 on Friday.
Chicago threatened in the first inning when Andrew Benintendi doubled with two outs before Colson Montgomery flew out to end the inning.
The White Sox also put a runner in scoring position in the seventh when Lenyn Sosa doubled, but no Chicago baserunner advanced past second after the first inning.
Chicago’s bullpen kept the game close. Sean Newcomb pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Fedde before Jordan Hicks worked the eighth.
White Sox third baseman Tanner Murray picked up his first MLB hit with a single in the fifth inning.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Montgomery flied out to center. |
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9th Inning | Benintendi struck out looking. |
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9th Inning | Murakami grounded out to second. |
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9th Inning | Erceg relieved Wacha |
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8th Inning | Perez struck out swinging. |
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8th Inning | Pasquantino hit sacrifice fly to left, Garcia scored. |
Statistics
 CHW |
 KC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 2 |
| 10 | Ground Balls | 8 |
| 8 | Strikeouts | 6 |
| 0 | Runs Batted In | 2 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 4 | Hits | 4 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 1 | Walks | 1 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 0 | Runs | 2 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 30 | At Bats | 27 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 8 | Runners Left On Base | 9 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 1 |
| 12 | Fly Balls | 14 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 100 | Pitches | 124 |
| 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 |
| 6 | Total Bases | 8 |
| 31 | Plate Appearances | 31 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 2 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| -0.1 | Runs Created | 1.9 |
| .133 | Batting Average | .148 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .200 | Slugging Percentage | .296 |
| .100 | Secondary Average | .185 |
| .161 | On Base Percentage | .226 |
| .361 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .522 |
| 0.8 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.6 |
| -0.1 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 2.1 |
| 8.0 | Batter Rating | 17.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 27.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.23 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.00 |
| .067 | Isolated Power | .148 |
| 0.13 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.17 |
| .032 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .032 |
| -.033 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .037 |
| 0.0 | Runs Produced | 4.0 |
| 0.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.2 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.2 |
| 60.8 | MLB Rating | 68.8 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 16,214 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota |
9 | 7 | .563 | - | W2 |
 Cleveland |
9 | 7 | .563 | - | L1 |
| Kansas City |
7 | 9 | .438 | 2 | L1 |
 Detroit |
7 | 9 | .438 | 2 | W3 |
| Chicago |
6 | 10 | .375 | 3 | W1 |