The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Apr 9, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Colson Montgomery went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the White Sox.
- Anthony Kay pitched 5.2 innings for the White Sox, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Maikel Garcia went 2-for-4 for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Meidroth | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colson Montgomery | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edgar Quero | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Miguel Vargas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luisangel Acuna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Harris | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tristan Peters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Munetaka Murakami | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Kay | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Grant Taylor | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Seranthony Dominguez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- White Sox · 2026 season · Previous Apr 8, 2026: BAL 5, CHW 3 · Next Apr 10, 2026: CHW 0, KC 2
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 8, 2026: KC 2, CLE 10 · Next Apr 10, 2026: CHW 0, KC 2