The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on May 12, 2026 at Rate Field.
Final · Rate Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Stephen Kolek pitched 4.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Chase Meidroth went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the White Sox.
- Erick Fedde pitched 5.0 innings for the White Sox, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kolek | 4.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Luinder Avila | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Antonacci | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Meidroth | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Drew Romo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Miguel Vargas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Colson Montgomery | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Munetaka Murakami | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tristan Peters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Edgar Quero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randal Grichuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Hill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erick Fedde | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Grant Taylor | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seranthony Dominguez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Hudson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Schweitzer | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 10, 2026: DET 6, KC 3 · Next May 13, 2026: KC 5, CHW 6
- White Sox · 2026 season · Previous May 10, 2026: SEA 1, CHW 2 · Next May 13, 2026: KC 5, CHW 6