By MATT PIKE
The Kansas City Royals dropped a fourth game in a row and were swept by the Chicago White Sox, falling 6-2 to close out a series with their AL Central foes at Rate Field.
After back to back singles by Maikel Garcia and Bobby Witt Jr led off the game, a sacrifice fly from Lane Thomas gave the Royals the first lead of the game in the opening inning. In the bottom half of the inning though, former Royal Randal Grichuk gave the White Sox a 2-1 lead with a two run home run, driving in Munetaka Murakami.
Chicago added two more runs in the third inning, again courtesy of Grichuk and a two RBI single, scoring Chase Meidroth and Miguel Vargas to extend the lead. In the fourth inning, Meidroth also had an RBI single bringing home Luisangel Acuña to push the White Sox lead to 5-1 through four innings.
Kyle Isbel led the seventh inning off with a triple and scored on a groundout by Garcia for the final run by Kansas City. In the eighth inning, an RBI single from Derek Hill drove in Sam Antonacci for the final run of the game.
Kris Bubic took the loss on the mound, falling to 3-2 on the season, pitching four innings and giving up five runs on five hits, while striking out four and walking three. At the plate, Salvador Perez was 2-for-4, for the most hits. Isbel was 1-for-4 with a triple and a run, while Thomas was 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Next, Kansas City will travel to St. Louis to begin the I-70 series. Michael Wacha (4-2, 2.63 ERA, 42K's) starts for the Royals against Dustin May (3-4, 4.85 ERA, 32K's) for the Cardinals. First pitch will be at 7:15pm, you can hear the the Royals broadcast on KFEQ (680AM/95.3FM) starting at 6:30, or the Cardinals broadcast on KY 102 (102.5FM) starting at 7:05.
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