Shane Smith gives up 1 hit in a career-high 7 innings, White Sox beat the Royals 7-0
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Shane Smith gives up 1 hit in a career-high 7 innings, White Sox beat the Royals 7-0
"Shane Smith allowed one hit in a career-high seven innings, Korey Lee hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0 on Monday night. Smith (4-7) pitched into the seventh inning for the first time in his career, facing just 23 batters on 80 pitches. Lee, in his first start since getting called up from Triple-A Charlotte, drove a shot over the left-field wall for his first home run of the season for a 5-0 lead in the fourth."
"Chicago scored three runs on four hits in the first inning. Edgar Quero hit a shot into the gap in left-center field to score Chase Meidroth from first to open the scoring. Lenyn Sosa followed with a hit into the right-field gap for back-to-back doubles. Curtis Mead added Chicago's third double for his third RBI of the season and a 3-0 lead."
"Kansas City dropped to 13-10 in August. The Royals entered having scored at least five runs in 20 of 34 games (58.8%) since the All-Star break, tied with Milwaukee for the most in the majors. Kansas City starter Noah Cameron (7-6) allowed six earned runs and eight hits in five innings. Mike Yastrzemski hit a double in the third and Bobby Witt Jr. had one in the ninth for the Royals' two hits."
Shane Smith allowed one hit over a career-high seven innings while facing 23 batters on 80 pitches as the White Sox shut out the Royals 7-0. Korey Lee hit a two-run homer in his first start after being called up, and Brooks Baldwin added a home run to extend the lead. Chicago scored three runs in the first inning on four hits, including doubles by Edgar Quero, Lenyn Sosa and Curtis Mead. Noah Cameron allowed six earned runs and eight hits in five innings for Kansas City. The Royals managed only two hits overall. Michael Lorenzen and Martín Pérez are scheduled to start the next game.
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