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Jimenez stretched his season-best hitting streak to eight games
while notching his fourth multi-hit game during that stretch.
The White Sox outhit the Royals 14-7, with Andrew Vaughn
collecting three hits and Tim Anderson, Abreu and Josh Harrison
each adding two apiece.
Chicago's Lucas Giolito (7-6) picked up his first win in three
starts, scattering two runs and five hits in five innings with
three walks and seven strikeouts.
The White Sox built a three-run cushion in the first inning,
doing damage early in counts against Royals right-hander Brad
Keller.
One batter after Vaughn tripled on the first pitch, Jimenez hit
a first-pitch single to open the scoring. Abreu followed with an
RBI single of his own before Yoan Moncada walked and AJ Pollock
capped the rally with a run-scoring single.
Jimenez added a two-run double in the fourth and had to settle
for a sacrifice fly in the sixth when he narrowly missed a grand
slam. The next batter, Abreu, connected for a two-run homer
against Keller (5-12), his second long ball in three games.
Giolito rebounded from a laborious third inning to earn his
first victory since July 13. After cruising through the first
two innings, Giolito walked three and allowed two runs in a
41-pitch third before striking out Michael Taylor to strand the
bases loaded.
Salvador Perez and Hunter Dozier drove in the Kansas City runs.
Perez finished with two hits for the Royals, who had three
doubles.
Keller allowed eight runs and 13 hits in 5 2/3 innings with a
walk and three strikeouts.
Kansas City employed a two-man bench after trading second
baseman Whit Merrifield and reserve catcher Cam Gallagher
earlier Tuesday.
Left-handed reliever Jake Diekman, acquired by the White Sox on
Monday in a trade with the Boston Red Sox, pitched a perfect
sixth with two strikeouts in his Chicago debut.
--Field Level Media
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