Starting Lineups:
Chicago White Sox Kansas City Royals
1. Robert cf Merrifield lf
2. Moncada 3b Soler rf
3. Abreu 1b Perez c
4. Grandal c McBroom dh
5. Encarnacion dh Franco 3b
6. Jimenez lf Mondesi ss
7. Garcia ss O'Hearn 1b
8. Engel rf Starling cf
9. Madrigal 2b N. Lopez 2b
G. Gonzalez p Bolanos p
WHITE SOX 1ST: Robert grounded out (shortstop to first); Moncada
walked; Abreu flied to center; Grandal singled to center
[Moncada to third]; Encarnacion walked while Moncada advanced to
home on a wild pitch [Grandal to second]; Jimenez homered to
right-center [Grandal scored, Encarnacion scored]; Garcia
singled to center; Engel flied to left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield singled to left; Soler flied to right;
Perez struck out while Merrifield was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals
0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Madrigal was called out on strikes; Robert
homered to right-center; Moncada singled to center; Abreu
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Moncada to second]; MCCARTHY
REPLACED BOLANOS (PITCHING); Grandal grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: McBroom walked; Franco popped to second; Mondesi
doubled to right [McBroom to third]; O'Hearn struck out;
Starling walked; N. Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Encarnacion singled to center; Jimenez singled to
right [Encarnacion to third]; Garcia reached on an error by
O'Hearn [Jimenez to second, Garcia to first]; Engel lined to
shortstop; Madrigal grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Garcia out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox
5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Merrifield singled to center; Soler was called out
on strikes; Perez grounded out (pitcher to first) [Merrifield to
second]; McBroom struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5,
Royals 0.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Robert singled to left; Moncada flied to center;
Abreu singled to left [Robert to third]; NEWBERRY REPLACED
MCCARTHY (PITCHING); Grandal walked [Abreu to second];
Encarnacion struck out; Jimenez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Franco singled to left; Mondesi struck out; O'Hearn
singled to right [Franco to second]; Starling walked [Franco to
third, O'Hearn to second]; N. Lopez struck out; CORDERO REPLACED
G. GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Merrifield popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 0.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Garcia singled to center; Engel singled to left
[Garcia to second]; Madrigal grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Garcia to third, Engel out at
second]; Robert doubled to center [Garcia scored]; Moncada
singled to pitcher [Robert scored (error by Newberry) (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Abreu grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 4 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: FOSTER REPLACED CORDERO (PITCHING); Soler singled to
right; Perez flied to center; McBroom struck out; Franco lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 0.
WHITE SOX 6TH: MERRIFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); MEJIA
REPLACED N. LOPEZ (PLAYING LF); ZIMMER REPLACED NEWBERRY
(PITCHING); Grandal grounded out (shortstop to first);
Encarnacion struck out; Jimenez doubled to center; Garcia
walked; Engel forced Jimenez (third unassisted) [Engel to
first]; Royals second baseman Nicky Lopez left the game due
to an injured leg; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 7,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: FRY REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Mondesi singled to
center; Fry threw a wild pitch [Mondesi to second]; O'Hearn
doubled to right [Mondesi scored]; Starling grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mejia lined to center; Merrifield homered
to left [O'Hearn scored]; CISHEK REPLACED FRY (PITCHING); Soler
singled to right; Perez flied to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 7, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Madrigal flied to left; Robert doubled to left;
Moncada grounded out (second to first) [Robert to third]; Abreu
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: McBroom doubled to left; Franco struck out; BUMMER
REPLACED CISHEK (PITCHING); Mondesi struck out; O'Hearn singled
to center [McBroom scored]; Starling struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 4.
WHITE SOX 8TH: Grandal was called out on strikes; Encarnacion
grounded out (second to first); Jimenez reached on an error by
Merrifield [Jimenez to first]; Garcia singled to center [Jimenez
to second]; Engel was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 4.
ROYALS 8TH: Mejia grounded out (second to first); Merrifield
struck out; HEUER REPLACED BUMMER (PITCHING); Soler struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 4.
WHITE SOX 9TH: SPARKMAN REPLACED ZIMMER (PITCHING); Madrigal
flied to right; Robert flied to center; Moncada singled to left;
Abreu singled to left [Moncada to third]; Grandal doubled to
left [Moncada scored, Abreu scored]; Encarnacion reached on an
error by Mondesi [Grandal to third, Encarnacion to first]; GOINS
RAN FOR ENCARNACION; Jimenez singled to right [Grandal scored
(unearned), Goins to third]; SPEIER REPLACED SPARKMAN
(PITCHING); Garcia singled to center [Goins scored (unearned),
Jimenez to second]; Engel lined to second; 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E,
2 LOB. White Sox 11, Royals 4.
ROYALS 9TH: GOINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Perez lined to
right; HEATH BATTED FOR MCBROOM; Heath struck out; PHILLIPS
BATTED FOR FRANCO; Phillips singled to center; O. HERNANDEZ
BATTED FOR MONDESI; O. Hernandez singled to center [Phillips to
third]; CORDERO BATTED FOR O'HEARN; Cordero doubled to center
[Phillips scored, O. Hernandez to third]; Starling grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 11, Royals 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
White Sox 11 21 0 15
Royals 5 15 4 12