The Royals won the last game 7-6 and Kansas City leads the series 2-0.
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White Sox: LHP Jose Quintana is 0-6 with a 4.63 ERA in 15 career starts against the Royals. Some it is has been good fortune.
As the Kansas City Royals continue to find comfort at home, the Chicago White Sox have struggled no matter where they’ve played of late. For whatever reason, the balls that are hit hard for the most part find a teammate of mine.
Fight and effort is nice, admirable even, but it isn’t getting the White Sox anywhere as the dog days of August settle in. 298 with 37 doubles, 22 home runs and 86 runs scored over their past 14 games….
It was 4-all in the eighth when Rios singled with one out off Jeff Petricka (3-3) and Paulo Orlando followed with a ground-rule double.
Jose Abreu fielded Omar Infante’s roller in the infield, but his throw to catcher Geovany Soto was too high to catch Rios, who scored the winning run. Royals 7, White Sox 2.
Franchise History: All-Time Chicago leads 366-344, however Kansas City hold an advantage of games played in the Show Me State of 185-162 including 163-151 at the K. “Hats off to a team that just fights like that”.
“It was like a four-hour drive from Arizona to Bakersfield, California and he was exhausted and said, ‘Can you drive?’ I said I can drive, but I don’t have a driver’s license”. We got ourselves into situations, they got lucky and got out of them. We had a big one there in the eighth. Rios is only under contract for this season and could be a candidate to be replaced by Zobrist once Gordon comes back so his production is worth noting.
Kansas City (64-44) dropped six of the last eight to conclude a 4-6 road trip but bounced back with Friday’s 3-2 victory over Chicago.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Alex Rios beat the tag at the plate on a grounder in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals edged the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Sunday for a three-game sweep.
Danks has allowed one or less runs in three of his last four starts, and he’s flat out owned the Royals throughout his career. Game 3: Quintana pitched well enough to get a win last time out, but earned a no-decision instead. “Walks come back to haunt you all the time”. As for the pitchers, opposing offenses have been stifled by the Royals, who have a team ERA of only 3.57. The inning included an RBI single by shortstop Carlos Sanchez and a two-run single by center fielder Adam Eaton. The White Sox have a 21-20 record in close games. The Royals have a chance to get back on track with a 10-game homestand that begins on Friday, and they are a sturdy 34-18 in their own park.
Quintana gave up an RBI double to Eric Hosmer and a two-run homer to Kendrys Morales for a Three-Zero Royals lead. Infante stole second. J.Dyson walked on a full count. Cleveland and Boston are under-achieving this season, so it was wishful thinking to believe the White Sox would contend for one of the wild card spots.
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“It was enough to take him out”, Ventura said about Eaton, who is day to day.
