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Chicago stumbled to its franchise-worst 17th
consecutive defeat while suffering a sweep for the 17th time
this season.
Kansas City, which finished 12-1 against Chicago this year,
swept three of the four series between the clubs.
The Royals rolled behind a persistent attack to take Wednesday's
matinee, providing ample support for Singer (8-6), who allowed
three runs and six hits to go along with four strikeouts. Kansas
City pitchers issued zero walks in the game.
The Royals outhit the White Sox 16-6. Maikel Garcia, Bobby Witt
Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino also had multi-hit games. Pasquantino
and Fermin drove in three runs apiece.
Pasquantino opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first
inning before Fermin added to Kansas City's advantage with his
blast off White Sox starter Drew Thorpe in the second.
The White Sox responded in the bottom of the second, as four of
the first five batters of the inning reached base against
Singer. Andrew Benintendi (two hits) lined a two-run double to
right to get Chicago on the board and later scored on Dominic
Fletcher's single, tying the game at 3.
Kansas City wasted little time taking back the lead. Witt worked
a walk leading off the third, stole second base and scored on
Perez's one-out single.
Witt stretched his hitting streak to 13 games and had his 46th
multi-hit game of the season.
The Royals added a pair of insurance runs in the fifth on a
Perez RBI double and a sacrifice fly from Hunter Renfroe. They
collected four runs and six hits in the ninth, with
Pasquantino's two-run homer against Sammy Peralta headlining the
outburst.
Thorpe (3-3) lost his second straight start after pitching six
shutout innings in a no-decision at Kansas City on July 21. On
Wednesday, the rookie allowed six runs and a career-high seven
hits in five innings. He walked two and did not record a
strikeout.
Chicago fell to 57 games below .500.
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