Major League Baseball

Chicago White Sox

2ndin AL Central · 81-76
YES!
Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox81-76 14 – 11 Kansas City Royals67-90
Final · Tue, Sep 22

Game Details

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City) · 15,785 fans · CHSN, MLB.TV, Royals.TV
Kauffman Stadium
Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City

Line Score

123456789RHE
CHW 213300500 14 130
KC 001210034 11 130

Win Probability · Chicago White Sox

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals

2026 American League Central Standings
TeamWLPCTGBStrk
Cleveland 8577.525-L1
Chicago 8478.5191W1
Minnesota 7785.4758W1
Detroit 7686.4699L1
Kansas City 6993.42616W1

Scoring

Bot 9th HR Pasquantino homered to right center (412 feet), Tolbert scored, Caglianone scored and Garcia scored.14–11
Bot 8th G2B Massey hit a ground rule double, Pasquantino scored.14–7
Bot 8th SF Rojas hit sacrifice fly to left, Garcia scored.14–6
Bot 8th 2B Pasquantino doubled to right, Caglianone scored, Garcia to third. Chicago White Sox challenged: call on the field was upheld.14–5
Top 7th 1B Benintendi singled to center, B. Montgomery scored and Doyle scored, Vargas to third.14–4
Top 7th B Vargas walked, Meidroth scored, B. Montgomery to second, Doyle to third.12–4
Top 7th HR Murakami homered to right (373 feet), Grichuk scored.11–4
Bot 5th GRO Garcia grounded out to second, Jensen scored, Witt Jr. to second.9–4
Bot 4th GRO Loftin grounded out to second, Pasquantino scored, Perez to third.9–3
Bot 4th 1B Perez singled to left, Garcia scored, Pasquantino to second.9–2
Top 4th HR Grichuk homered to center (415 feet), Vargas scored and Pham scored.9–1
Bot 3rd HR Loftin homered to left (384 feet).6–1
Top 3rd HR Meidroth homered to left center (410 feet), Grichuk scored and Murakami scored.6–0
Top 2nd HR Doyle homered to center (414 feet).3–0
Top 1st 1B Meidroth singled to left, Grichuk scored and Pham scored, Murakami to second.2–0

Team Stats

Chicago White SoxKansas City Royals
Batting
13 Hits 13
4 Home Runs 2
6 Walks 3
12 Strikeouts 6
0 Stolen Bases 0
11 Left on Base 13
Pitching & Fielding
145 Pitches Thrown 168
0 Errors 0
0 Double Plays 3

Box Score

Chicago White Sox ▾
Batting
PlayerABRHRBIHRBBKAVG#POBPSLG
M. Vargas3B4111010.25118.363.481
L. AcunaSS1000001.2253.259.260
T. PhamDH1200020.12515.276.250
A. BenintendiDH2012001.2439.302.414
R. GrichukLF5443101.29218.318.573
M. Murakami1B3212111.20318.348.469
C. Meidroth2B4235110.27118.347.409
K. TeelC4000012.17821.302.318
B. DoyleCF5221101.23314.276.337
C. Montgomery3B5000003.20314.290.416
B. MontgomeryRF4110001.21215.305.340
T. PetersRF1000001.2715.343.450
Team391413144612168
Pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERA
A. Kay4.074414165-434.53
N. Schultz(W, 4-9)2.000001023-175.58
H. Brazoban1.000000014-103.06
T. Richards1.033311023-123.78
L. Castillo1.034410120-125.85
Team9.0131111362145-94
Kansas City Royals ▾
Batting
PlayerABRHRBIHRBBKAVG#POBPSLG
C. JensenC4110001.23320.320.452
B. Witt Jr.SS4030000.28313.362.444
T. TolbertSS1110000.2942.357.405
J. CaglianoneRF5220001.28316.336.487
M. Garcia3B2301030.25620.317.369
V. Pasquantino1B5335100.24919.333.418
S. PerezDH3011001.22810.271.374
J. RojasDH1001000.2382.278.337
M. Massey2B5011000.27314.306.436
N. LoftinLF4112100.24013.323.387
K. IsbelCF4000003.21516.260.317
Team38111311236145
Pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERA
D. Lynch IV(L, 6-6)4.079932378-484.13
T. Gonsolin2.245535163-3516.88
N. Hoffman1.120003017-143.46
A. Lange1.000002010-85.98
Team9.01314146124168-105

Injury Report

Kansas City Royals
  • Mitch Spence RPDay-To-Day
  • Steven Cruz RPOut
  • Tony Gonsolin SP15-Day-IL
  • Nick Loftin 3Bpaternity
  • Connor Seabold RP60-Day-IL
Chicago White Sox
  • Prelander Berroa RP60-Day-IL
  • Joey Bart C10-Day-IL
  • Tanner Murray LF60-Day-IL
  • Luis Castillo SP15-Day-IL
  • Ky Bush SP60-Day-IL

Starting Lineups

Kansas City Royals

  1. #22 Carter JensenC
  2. #7 Bobby Witt Jr.SS
  3. #14 Jac CaglianoneRF
  4. #11 Maikel Garcia3B
  5. #9 Vinnie Pasquantino1B
  6. #13 Salvador PerezDH
  7. #19 Michael Massey2B
  8. #12 Nick LoftinLF
  9. #28 Kyle IsbelCF
Substitutes

Chicago White Sox

  1. #20 Miguel Vargas3B
  2. #21 Tommy PhamDH
  3. #34 Randal GrichukLF
  4. #5 Munetaka Murakami1B
  5. #10 Chase Meidroth2B
  6. #8 Kyle TeelC
  7. #7 Brenton DoyleCF
  8. #12 Colson Montgomery3B
  9. #24 Braden MontgomeryRF
Substitutes

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