Kansas City Royals

5thin AL Central · 68-91

Ugh, no.

Kansas City Royals lost to the Chicago White Sox

82-77 9 – 1

68-91

Final · Thu, Sep 24

Game Details

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City) · 15,592 fans · CHSN, MLB.TV, Royals.TV

Recap

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.

Recap via ESPN

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHW	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	9	12	0
KC	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2

Win Probability · Kansas City Royals

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Chicago White Sox

Kyle Teel · 2-2, HR, 1 RBI, 3 RBatting
David Sandlin · 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 7 K (W, 3-2)Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Salvador Perez · 1-3, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Randy Dobnak · 1.1 IP, 4 ER, 1 K (L, 3-5)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Scoring

Top 5th

B Benintendi walked, Antonacci scored, Murakami to second, Teel to third.9–1

Bot 4th

HR Perez homered to left center (419 feet).8–1

Top 4th

BFO Peters grounded into fielder's choice to first, Vargas scored, Benintendi out at second, Murakami to third.8–0

Top 4th

HR Teel homered to center (424 feet).7–0

Top 2nd

BFO Murakami grounded into fielder's choice to second, Teel scored, Vargas out at second.6–0

Top 2nd

1B Vargas singled to right, Antonacci scored, Teel to third.5–0

Top 2nd

PO B. Montgomery scored on pickoff error by pitcher Dobnak, Antonacci picked off third.4–0

Top 1st

1B Peters singled to center, Vargas scored.3–0

Top 1st

SF Benintendi hit sacrifice fly to center, Teel scored.2–0

Top 1st

1B Vargas singled to left, Antonacci scored, Teel to third.1–0

Team Stats

Chicago White SoxKansas City Royals

Batting

12 Hits 7

1 Home Runs 1

6 Walks 1

12 Strikeouts 10

1 Stolen Bases 0

26 Left on Base 9

Pitching & Fielding

134 Pitches Thrown 180

0 Errors 2

2 Double Plays 0

Box Score

Chicago White Sox ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
S. Antonacci2B	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	.271	24	.365	.390
K. TeelC	2	3	2	1	1	1	0	.196	23	.333	.357
M. Vargas3B	5	2	2	2	0	1	3	.252	25	.363	.479
M. Murakami1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	.204	25	.348	.467
A. BenintendiDH	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	.241	17	.302	.410
T. PetersLF	5	0	1	2	0	0	1	.269	18	.341	.444
C. Meidroth2B	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	.275	14	.350	.413
B. DoyleCF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.230	7	.273	.333
C. MontgomerySS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	10	.286	.410
L. AcunaSS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	1	.258	.259
B. MontgomeryRF	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.222	16	.311	.349
Team	38	9	12	8	1	6	12		180

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D. Sandlin(W, 3-2)	6.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	85-59	5.58
H. Brazoban	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	16-12	3.02
T. Davis	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-11	3.41
T. Richards	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18-12	3.73
Team	9.0	7	1	1	1	10	1	134-94

Kansas City Royals ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. JensenC	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.235	21	.320	.451
L. MaileC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	0	.244	.293
B. Witt Jr.SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.282	14	.360	.443
V. Pasquantino1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	16	.329	.415
S. PerezDH	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	.228	17	.272	.378
M. Massey2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	13	.305	.432
N. Loftin3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.240	17	.322	.388
J. RaveRF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.230	16	.311	.437
K. IsbelCF	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	.220	8	.264	.321
I. CollinsLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.214	12	.321	.324
Team	33	1	7	1	1	1	10		134

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R. Dobnak(L, 3-5)	1.1	6	6	4	1	1	0	42-27	3.51
A. Gose	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	28-19	0.00
A. Lange	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	1	20-10	6.18
J. Cuas	2.0	1	1	1	3	2	0	42-21	2.42
S. Bivens	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	32-24	10.29
N. Hoffman	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-8	3.21
Team	9.0	12	9	7	6	12	1	180-109