Perez was injured in the ninth when third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert slid with a forearm and elbow into the left thigh of the All-Star catcher, who called off Wang, settled under Adam Eaton’s foul popup about 30 feet from the plate near the third-base line and snagged the ball just before he was hit. And Dioner Navarro and Todd Frazier like how the White Sox have continued to battle as evidenced by the close proximity of their losses – 11 of the 14 have come by two runs or fewer.
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The White Sox have to be pretty thrilled to get the heck out of Kansas City.
CL Wade Davis pitched a 1-2-3 inning to earn his 14th save of the season.
ATHLETICS 4, TIGERS 2 Pinch-hitter Billy Butler had a two-run single in the sixth as Oakland rallied. It is the first time the Royals have won three consecutive games when trailing by two runs or more entering the seventh inning. Sale, who failed to make it out of the fourth inning in losing Tuesday to the Indians, threw 80 strikes in 118 pitches. With one out, Whit Merrifield singled and has hit safely in his first eight career starts.
CARDINALS 9, NATIONALS 4 Adam Wainwright pitched seven innings and made an ample contribution at the plate, hitting a two-run double to help the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Washington Nationals.
David Ortiz hit a tiebreaking homer for the Red Sox in the ninth, but the Blue Jays responded with two runs in the bottom half. Lorenzo Cain hit a one-out solo home run off RP Nate Jones for Kansas City’s third run. Sale limited the Royals to two runs on seven hits, six of them singles, while striking out seven and walking two in seven innings. BREWERS 5, REDS 4 Jonathan Lucroy drove in three runs, giving him nine RBI in the series and sending Cincinnati to its 12th loss in 13 games. The Royals continue their homestand with three games against the Rays.
Buster Posey put San Francisco ahead early and gave them the lead again in the late innings with a pair of three-run homers in a 10-5 victory over Colorado.
Darvish (1-0) missed the 2015 season after having Tommy John surgery last March. He could not get back to first time, completing an 8-6-3 inning-ending double play.
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale delivers to a Kansas City Royals batter during the first inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, May 29, 2016.
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The Royals took advantage of the pitching change and came back to win in the eighth inning.
