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 The Royals trailed 3-2 entering the ninth before Mike Moustakas
reached on a one-out double and pinch runner Jarrod Dyson took off
for third and continued around to score on a wild pitch from Jake
Petricka (1-5). Norichika Aoki followed with a double and Gore
entered as a pinch runner and easily scored on Cain’s little bouncer
toward second base.
Wade Davis (9-2) worked a scoreless top of the ninth for the Royals,
who remained 1 1/2 games behind Detroit in the American League
Central and stretched their lead over Seattle to two games for the
AL’s second wild-card spot. Kansas City’s James Shields allowed
three runs and 10 hits in seven innings while Chicago’s John Danks
allowed two hits over six shutout innings.
The Royals got on the board in the seventh when Eric Hosmer led off
with a double and scored on Omar Infante’s single to cut their
deficit to 3-1. Alex Gordon had a run-scoring single in the eighth
but Billy Butler stranded two runners to end the inning.
Avisail Garcia delivered an RBI single in the first as the White Sox
jumped ahead. Chicago made it 2-0 in the third when Jose Abreu
struck out but Shields’ pitch was wild as Adam Eaton scored and
Conor Gillaspie followed with a run-scoring single to center.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Aoki reached base five times on four hits and a walk.
… Abreu, who had two hits, has strung together four consecutive
multi-hit outings and has a seven-game hitting streak. … Shields
entered the game with a scoreless streak of 18 1/3 innings before it
ended with two outs in the first on Garcia’s hit.
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