Major League Baseball

FINAL Thursday, September 24, 2026
Chicago White Sox 9
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Kansas City Royals 1
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Match Report

White Sox clinch a playoff spot with a 9-1 rout of the Royals after back-to-back 100-loss seasons

— The Chicago White Sox became the first team to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons by reaching the playoffs on Thursday, throttling the Kansas City Royals 9-1 to ensure no worse than one of the three AL wild-card spots for the postseason.

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Top Performers

CHW

  • Sam Antonacci · ·
  • Kyle Teel · ·
  • Miguel Vargas · ·
  • Munetaka Murakami · ·

KC

  • Carter Jensen · ·
  • Luke Maile · ·
  • Bobby Witt Jr. · ·
  • Vinnie Pasquantino · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Rave grounded out to second.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
  6. · 9th Inning Pitch 3 : Ball 1
  7. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

Head to Head

CHW win series 2-1

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

  • Mitch Spence Day-To-Day
  • Steven Cruz Out
  • Carlos Estevez 60-Day-IL
  • Jonathan India 60-Day-IL
  • Nick Mears 60-Day-IL

Chicago White Sox

  • Luis Castillo 15-Day-IL
  • Prelander Berroa 60-Day-IL
  • Ky Bush 60-Day-IL
  • Joey Bart 10-Day-IL
  • Tanner Murray 60-Day-IL

Lineups

KC

  1. 22Carter JensenC
  2. 7Bobby Witt Jr.SS
  3. 9Vinnie Pasquantino1B
  4. 13Salvador PerezDH
  5. 19Michael Massey2B
  6. 12Nick Loftin3B
  7. 16John RaveRF
  8. 28Kyle IsbelCF
  9. 1Isaac CollinsLF

CHW

  1. 17Sam Antonacci2B
  2. 8Kyle TeelC
  3. 20Miguel Vargas3B
  4. 5Munetaka Murakami1B
  5. 23Andrew BenintendiDH
  6. 29Tristan PetersLF
  7. 10Chase Meidroth2B
  8. 12Colson MontgomerySS
  9. 24Braden MontgomeryRF

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