Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals
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Meidroth, Grichuk hit 3-run shots, White Sox beat Royals 14-11 to remain a game back in AL Central
The Guardians, who end the regular season with three games in Kansas City, beat the Red Sox 3-2 earlier Tuesday.
Brenton Doyle and Munetaka Murakami added home runs for the White Sox, who also helped their wild-card cause should they fail to catch Cleveland. They have two more games against the Royals before finishing with three against last-place Colorado.
Anthony Kay had a two-run lead before he even took the mound Tuesday night, and the Chicago left-hander ended up allowing four runs while pitching into the fifth. Noah Schultz (4-9) and the bullpen finished the game, though it wasn't pretty — White Sox relievers coughed up three runs in the eighth and allowed Vinnie Pasquantino's first career grand slam in the ninth.
Daniel Lynch IV wasn't exactly pretty, either. He allowed a career-worst nine earned runs in just four innings for Kansas City.
Lynch was shaky from the start, walking Tommy Pham in the first and giving up a single to Grichuk before hitting Murakami with a 94 mph sinker. Meidroth followed with a two-run single, extending his on-base streak to 13, and the White Sox were on their way.
Doyle made it 3-0 when he sent Lynch's first pitch of the second inning over the right-field wall. But the big blow came in the third, when Grichuk doubled and Murakami walked to set up Meidroth again. This time, the second-year second baseman hit changeup over the middle of the plate into the left-field seats to give the White Sox a 6-0 lead.
Grichuk's own 3-run shot in the fourth came after Miguel Vargas hit a two-out single and Pham drew his second straight walk, while Murakami added his two-run homer during a five-run seventh that effectively put the game away.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Massey flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Rojas flied out to center. |
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9th Inning | Pasquantino homered to right center (412 feet), Tolbert scored, Caglianone scored and Garcia scored. |
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9th Inning | Garcia walked, Caglianone to second. |
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9th Inning | Caglianone singled to center, Tolbert to third. |
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9th Inning | Tolbert singled to center. |
Statistics
 CHW |
 KC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 14 | Ground Balls | 10 |
| 12 | Strikeouts | 6 |
| 14 | Runs Batted In | 11 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 13 | Hits | 13 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 6 | Walks | 3 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 14 | Runs | 11 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 39 | At Bats | 38 |
| 4 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 1 |
| 11 | Runners Left On Base | 13 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 4 |
| 13 | Fly Balls | 23 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 168 | Pitches | 145 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 2 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 27 | Total Bases | 23 |
| 46 | Plate Appearances | 43 |
| 648.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 6 | Extra Base Hits | 6 |
| 10.6 | Runs Created | 8.9 |
| .333 | Batting Average | .342 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .692 | Slugging Percentage | .605 |
| .513 | Secondary Average | .342 |
| .435 | On Base Percentage | .395 |
| 1.127 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.001 |
| 1.1 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.4 |
| 10.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 9.3 |
| 85.0 | Batter Rating | 71.0 |
| 9.8 | At Bats Per Home Run | 19.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.65 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.37 |
| .359 | Isolated Power | .263 |
| 0.50 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.50 |
| .130 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .070 |
| .179 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .000 |
| 28.0 | Runs Produced | 22.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.8 | Patience Ratio | 0.7 |
| 0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 119.3 | MLB Rating | 110.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 15,785 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland |
- | 77 | L1 | 0.52469134 | 85 |
| Chicago |
1 | 78 | W1 | 0.5185185 | 84 |
 Minnesota |
8 | 85 | W1 | 0.47530866 | 77 |
 Detroit |
9 | 86 | L1 | 0.4691358 | 76 |
| Kansas City |
16 | 93 | W1 | 0.42592594 | 69 |