Early innings featured a pitchers' duel between White Sox starter Aaron Civale and Royals starter Ryan Berget, with little offensive production. White Sox put runners on first and second with no outs in the second after Lenyn Sosa walked and Andrew Beninendi singled, but they stranded both. Beninendi hit a solo home run in the fourth. Salvador Perez homered to open the fifth, and Bobby Witt Jr. drove in two after Civale loaded the bases. Will Venable summoned Tyler Gilbert from the bullpen; Vinnie Pasquantino and Perez added RBIs, and Frazier doubled as Kansas City scored eight runs in the fifth. Mike Yastrezemski hit a three-run homer in the sixth for an 11-1 lead.
Salvador Perez, who apparently hadn't gotten his home run fix for the day, delivered a dinger of his own to open the top of the fifth. But things got worse before they got worse, with Civale loading the bases so that the Royals hitter most likely to turn this game around, Bobby Witt Jr., could come up to the plate and - wait for it - smack a grounder through the hole between first and second to drive in two runs!
Skipper Will Venable called Tyler Gilbert from the bullpen, who was all primed and ready to take the mound ... for the Royals. Vinnie Pasquantino singled and drove in another two. Gilbert then walked the next batter, and Perez, perpetual Sox killer, came BACK to the plate and doubled. Then Frazier, because we needed to feel even better about the Royals taking the lead, doubled too.
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