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Dallas Keuchel and a stingy Chicago bullpen
kept the Royals at bay.
Keuchel (2-0) worked out of trouble all night long. The veteran
left-hander retired the Royals in order in only the first
inning, but he just allowed two runs on seven hits in 5 1/3
innings. He walked one and struck out two.
Jimmy Cordero followed with 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and Evan
Marshall blanked the Royals in the eighth. Alex Colome threw a
perfect ninth to record his first save.
Kris Bubic, making his major league debut for Kansas City,
settled down after a wobbly start. He allowed three runs (two
earned) on three hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Bubic
(0-1) also hit James McCann twice with pitches.
Bubic he escaped a jam in the first inning before the White Sox
touched him for three runs in the second. An error allowed Eloy
Jimenez to reach before he was retired on a fielder's choice.
Bubic then hit McCann with a pitch, and Engel belted a 2-2
changeup into the White Sox's bullpen in left field.
The Royals got one back in the third but left the bases loaded.
Nicky Lopez got Kansas City's first hit on a slow roller to deep
short with one out, and he advanced to second on Adalberto
Mondesi's two-out infield single. Salvador Perez drove in Lopez
with a single to left.
Jorge Soler walked, loading the bases, but Maikel Franco popped
out to first to end the inning.
Ryan McBroom launched his first major league home run to deep
left center leading off the sixth inning to cut Chicago's lead
to 3-2. After Keuchel retired Alex Gordon, his night was done.
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson left the game in the seventh
inning due to soreness in his right hip. He was replaced by
Leury Garcia.
Gordon picked up his first outfield assist of the season in the
seventh, when he threw out Nick Madrigal trying to score from
second on a single by Garcia. It was Gordon's 99th outfield
assist since he moved from the infield in 2010, the most
outfield assists in the majors in that span.
--Field Level Media
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