White Sox push past Royals to end losing streak
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[April 28, 2022]
Andrew Vaughn belted a tie-breaking
three-run home run in the seventh inning as the Chicago White Sox
defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Wednesday afternoon
to end an eight-game losing streak.
Jake Burger added a homer for the White Sox.
Chicago scored four unanswered runs after the Royals' Whit
Merrifield tied the game 3-3 with a sacrifice fly in the seventh
inning. Vaughn connected on the first pitch he saw from Royals
right-hander Scott Barlow, who entered after Collin Snider (2-1)
allowed consecutive two-out singles.
Bennett Sousa (1-0) notched the win after pitching just two-thirds
of an inning, before Kendall Graveman struck out four to notch a
two-inning save, his first.
Early dominance from right-hander Dylan Cease and an opportunistic
attack helped stake the White Sox to a 3-0 lead after five innings.
Royals right-hander Zack Greinke yielded single runs to Chicago in
the second, third and fourth innings. Reese McGuire put the White
Sox on the board first with a run-scoring sacrifice fly before
Vaughn delivered an RBI double in the third and Burger homered in
the fourth, his second.
Cease retired the first 13 Kansas City batters before he walked
Carlos Santana with one out in the fifth inning.
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Edward Olivares spoiled Cease's no-hit bit with an
infield single leading off the sixth, which helped spur the Royals
to a two-run rally, featuring RBI singles from Merrifield and Andrew
Benintendi.
Cease fanned Hunter Dozier with the bases loaded to
end the sixth-inning threat and preserve a 3-2 Chicago lead.
Cease struck out nine in his six innings while allowing two runs and
three hits with three walks.
Greinke scattered three runs and five hits in six innings with no
walks and four strikeouts.
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Burger finished with three hits, while Vaughn and Tim Anderson added
two hits each for the White Sox out of the top two spots in the
order. McGuire brought home another run in the eighth inning when he
grounded into a double play.
Adalberto Mondesi missed his first game of the season for Kansas
City. He exited with left knee discomfort in the sixth inning of
Monday's 6-0 victory.
--Field Level Media
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