The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on May 9, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Andrew Vaughn went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the White Sox.
- Lucas Giolito pitched 6.0 innings for the White Sox, allowing 2 earned runs with 9 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 9.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmani Grandal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hanser Alberto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Robert Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Vaughn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Elvis Andrus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Sheets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seby Zavala | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lenyn Sosa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Giolito | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Joe Kelly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kendall Graveman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Eaton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Before and after
- White Sox · 2023 season · Previous May 8, 2023: CHW 5, KC 12 · Next May 10, 2023: CHW 1, KC 9
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