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Perez, the Royals' eight-time All-Star catcher,
drew a one-out walk, and speedster Dairon Blanco came on to
pinch run and immediately stole second base.
MJ Melendez then sliced a sinking liner to left for a single and
Blanco dashed home to score the go-ahead run.
Will Smith came on to try to get the save for Kansas City but
allowed a two-out double to Luis Robert Jr., who appeared to
suffer a leg injury. Braden Shewmake was called upon to pinch
run for Robert.
After a walk to pinch-hitter Kevin Pillar, right-hander James
McArthur took over and got Andrew Vaughn to ground into a 6-4-3
double play to end the game.
Perez put Kansas City on top in the bottom of the first when he
laced a line drive off the top of the wall in center field,
scoring Vinnie Pasquantino, who had singled with two out.
The White Sox tied things up at 1-1 in the top of the second
when Gavin Sheets pulled a 2-2 slider from Singer 391 feet over
the wall in right for his first homer of the season.
Singer, who threw seven shutout innings against the Minnesota
Twins on Sunday, gave up just two hits over 6 1/3 innings to
Chicago, allowing one run.
Singer, who struck out four and walked one, retired 16 of his
last 17 hitters (including 15 in a row), during his 72-pitch
outing.
Erick Fedde, who was signed by the White Sox after being named
MVP of the Korea Baseball Organization last season, also pitched
well.
Fedde allowed just one run over five-plus innings with two walks
and four strikeouts over 91 pitches.
Chris Stratton (1-0) got the win in relief and McArthur got his
first save for Kansas City.
--Field Level Media
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