Michael Lorenzen started for the Royals and allowed early runs, including a solo homer and additional sixth-inning damage that made it 4-0. The Royals had gone 16 consecutive scoreless innings to begin the series and managed just one hit through seven against White Sox lefty Martin Pérez. The offense rallied in the eighth with a two-run single by Maikel Garcia and a game-tying two-run single by Michael Massey. Kyle Isbel delivered a go-ahead single after Alexander hit Adam Frazier, and Carlos Estévez recorded a 1-2-3 ninth for his MLB-leading 35th save. The Royals improved to 68-65 and sit 3.5 games back.
Michael Lorenzen got the start for the Royals, his third since coming off the Injured List. He gave up a solo home run to Colson Montgomery, the 14th in 43 games for the rookie. Lorenzen tossed goose eggs in the next three innings, helped by a couple of double plays. But he ran into trouble in the sixth, giving up singles to Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman.
The Royals went 16 consecutive innings without a run to begin this series, and managed just one hit in seven innings against White Sox lefty Martin Pérez. But in the eighth, the offense finally woke up. With two outs and Jonathan India on first on a single, Adam Frazier singled and Kyle Isbel walked to load the bases. Maikel Garcia stayed hot with a two-run single to make it 4-2 White Sox. But Bobby Witt Jr. stuck out against reliever Grant Taylor to end the threat.
The White Sox have more blown saves (19) than saves (17) this season, and they added to that blown save total tonight. Vinnie Pasquantino led off with a single, and one-out singles by Mike Yastrzemski and Jonathan India loaded the bases. Tyler Alexander came on and promptly gave up a two-run game-tying single to Michael Massey.
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