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Sale (17-7) kept the White Sox in the game all night, stranding a pair of runners in the first and third innings, and single base runners in the fourth and fifth.
His only blemishes wound up being costly.
The first of them came on Butler's sacrifice fly in the third inning, and the other came after a leadoff double by Eric Hosmer in the seventh. Sale intentionally walked Alcides Escobar, who was 3 for 3, to bring up Gordon, who drilled a pitch to the wall in left field.
Viciedo appeared to have a read on the ball, but he couldn't make the catch and the ball fell to the warning track, allowing two runs to cross the plate and giving Kansas City a 3-0 cushion.
"Things like that are going to happen," Sale said. "Alex just crushed it."
That was enough to give the 23-year-old Sale his third loss against Kansas City -- he's only lost four other times this season. He's also just 2-5 over his last seven road starts.
"Chen came out and threw as well as he's every pitched tonight against us," Sale said, his voice barely above a whisper. "He just out-pitched me tonight."
NOTES: Alejandro De Aza matched a career high with four hits for Chicago. He was a homer shy of the cycle. ... LHP Francisco Liriano will pitch the series finale for Chicago against RHP Jeremy Guthrie. ... Both managers announced their weekend rotations. The White Sox will go with Jake Peavy, Jose Quintana and Gavin Floyd against the Angels, while the Royals will start Luis Mendoza, Will Smith and Jake Odorizzi against Cleveland. Odorizzi will be making his big league debut.
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