The Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 12-5 on May 8, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Gavin Sheets went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the White Sox.
- Dylan Cease pitched 5.0 innings for the White Sox, allowing 7 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- MJ Melendez went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
Chicago White Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Anderson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Vaughn | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Andrus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yasmani Grandal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hanser Alberto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Robert Jr. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Sheets | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lenyn Sosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Cease | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Kendall Graveman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Bummer | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Amir Garrett | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Before and after
- White Sox · 2023 season · Previous May 7, 2023: CHW 17, CIN 4 · Next May 9, 2023: CHW 4, KC 2
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous May 7, 2023: ATH 1, KC 5 · Next May 9, 2023: CHW 4, KC 2