Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Chicago White Sox
1. Merrifield 2b Anderson ss
2. Cain cf Moncada 2b
3. Cabrera rf Abreu dh
4. Hosmer 1b A. Garcia rf
5. Perez c Davidson 1b
6. Moustakas 3b Smith c
7. Moss dh Sanchez 3b
8. Escobar ss W. Garcia lf
9. Gordon lf Engel cf
Duffy p Covey p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield struck out; Cain grounded out (second to
first); Cabrera grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 1ST: Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Moncada singled to left; Duffy balked [Moncada to second]; Abreu
singled to center [Moncada scored]; A. Garcia struck out;
Davidson singled to left [Abreu to second]; Smith forced
Davidson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0,
White Sox 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Hosmer grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
flied to right; Moustakas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Sanchez lined to center; W. Garcia grounded out
(second to first); Engel flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Moss struck out; Escobar singled to center; Gordon
flied to right; Merrifield grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Anderson singled to right; Moncada flied to
center; Abreu grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Cain grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabrera
lined to left; Hosmer walked; Perez doubled to left [Hosmer
scored]; Moustakas singled to center [Perez scored]; Moss flied
to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 4TH: A. Garcia grounded out (third to first); Davidson
doubled to right; Smith reached on a fielder's choice [Davidson
out at third (shortstop to third)]; Sanchez singled to pitcher
[Smith to second]; W. Garcia flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Escobar grounded out (shortstop to first); Gordon
homered to left; Merrifield struck out; Cain grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 5TH: On a bunt Engel made an out to first; Anderson
grounded out (third to first); Moncada popped to catcher; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Cabrera flied to center; Hosmer singled to third;
Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hosmer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White
Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Abreu grounded out (shortstop to first); A.
Garcia singled to left; Davidson was called out on strikes;
Smith walked [A. Garcia to second]; Sanchez popped to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 1.
ROYALS 7TH: FRY REPLACED COVEY (PITCHING); Moustakas was called
out on strikes; Moss singled to center; Escobar doubled to
center [Moss to third]; Gordon walked; ALBURQUERQUE REPLACED FRY
(PITCHING); Merrifield doubled to center [Moss scored, Escobar
scored, Gordon scored]; Cain grounded out (third to first);
Cabrera grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 6, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 7TH: W. Garcia walked; Engel singled to left [W.
Garcia to second]; MOYLAN REPLACED DUFFY (PITCHING); Anderson
was hit by a pitch [W. Garcia to third, Engel to second];
ALEXANDER REPLACED MOYLAN (PITCHING); Moncada struck out; Abreu
grounded out (third to first) [W. Garcia scored, Engel to third,
Anderson to second]; A. Garcia struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 6, White Sox 2.
ROYALS 8TH: HOLMBERG REPLACED ALBURQUERQUE (PITCHING); Hosmer
singled to shortstop; Holmberg threw a wild pitch [Hosmer to
second]; Perez doubled to center [Hosmer scored]; Moustakas
walked; Moss doubled to left [Perez scored, Moustakas to third];
Escobar was walked intentionally; Gordon struck out; BECK
REPLACED HOLMBERG (PITCHING); Merrifield struck out; Cain was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 8, White
Sox 2.
WHITE SOX 8TH: ORLANDO REPLACED CABRERA (PLAYING CF); BONIFACIO
REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING RF); BUTERA REPLACED CAIN (PLAYING C );
CUTHBERT REPLACED MOUSTAKAS (PLAYING 3B); HERRERA REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Davidson lined to center; Smith was called
out on strikes; Sanchez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 2.
ROYALS 9TH: BRANTLY REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING C ); Orlando
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hosmer flied to left;
Bonifacio doubled to left; Cuthbert struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 2.
WHITE SOX 9TH: MAURER REPLACED HERRERA (PITCHING); DELMONICO
BATTED FOR W. GARCIA; Delmonico grounded out (pitcher to first);
HANSON BATTED FOR ENGEL; Hanson struck out; Anderson grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White
Sox 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 8 12 0 7
White Sox 2 8 0 8