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 Gordon Beckham added a sacrifice fly while Adam Eaton had two
hits and scored a run for the White Sox, who have won three of four
since the All-Star break. Sale (9-1) struck out eight and allowed a
run on seven hits before Ronald Belisario worked a scoreless eighth
inning and Jake Petricka faced the minimum in the ninth for his
fourth save.
Danny Valencia drove in the lone run and Alex Gordon had two hits as
the Royals remained winless in four games since the break. Jeremy
Guthrie (5-9) was reached for three runs on five hits and three
walks to absorb the loss.
Sale got all the support he would need in the first when the White
Sox loaded the bases on a single, a hit-by-pitch and an error. Dunn
followed and bounced the first pitch through the vacated hole at
shortstop with the defense over in the shift, plating Eaton and
Alexei Ramirez.
Valencia’s two-out single in the fourth scored Gordon to cut the
deficit in half, but Chicago got that run back in the sixth when
Beckham’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded plated Dunn. The
Royals put a runner on in the ninth with one out before Alcides
Escobar grounded into a game-ending double play.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: White Sox pitching coach Don Copper missed his second
straight game on Monday due to a bout of vertigo. … Royals 1B Eric
Hosmer, who is riding a 16-game hitting streak, missed the game with
a bruised right hand. … Sale has allowed one earned run in three
straight starts to lower his ERA to 2.03.
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