The Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Jun 28, 2026 at Rate Field.
Final · Rate Field
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Luinder Avila pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Miguel Vargas went 2-for-2 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the White Sox.
- Anthony Kay pitched 3.2 innings for the White Sox, allowing 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Beck Way | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colson Montgomery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Teel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tristan Peters | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Antonacci | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Braden Montgomery | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Meidroth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Vargas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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 | 3.2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jordan Hicks | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trevor Richards | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Seranthony Dominguez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Hudson | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Murphy | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 27, 2026: KC 1, CHW 2 · Next Jun 30, 2026: TB 10, KC 4
- White Sox · 2026 season · Previous Jun 27, 2026: KC 1, CHW 2 · Next Jun 29, 2026: CHW 8, BAL 2