Find out why millions of sports fans trust theScore as their number one sports app!

theScore App

Get all your news, scores and stats personalized to you!

Penalty Kicks

Timeline

White Sox

Cuthbert grounded into a double play, shortstop Goins to second baseman Sánchez to first baseman Abreu, Merrifield out.

Viloria singled to center, Starling to third.

Merrifield singled to left, Starling scored, Viloria to second.

Singled to left, Starling scored, Viloria to second.

Grounded into a double play, shortstop Goins to second baseman Sánchez to first baseman Abreu, Merrifield out.

Royals

Soler singled to left, Gordon scored, Dozier to third.

Singled to left, Gordon scored, Dozier to third.

Lopez singled to center, Dozier scored, Soler to third.

Singled to center, Dozier scored, Soler to third.

Dozier walked on a full count, Merrifield scored, Cuthbert to third, Gordon to second.

Walked on a full count, Merrifield scored, Cuthbert to third, Gordon to second.

Soler singled to left, Cuthbert scored, Gordon scored, Dozier to third.

Singled to left, Cuthbert scored, Gordon scored, Dozier to third.

Lopez singled to center, Dozier scored, Soler to second.

Singled to center, Dozier scored, Soler to second.

Goins homered to right on the first pitch, Sánchez scored.

Homered to right on the first pitch, Sánchez scored.

Reed homered to center on a 0-1 count, Abreu scored, Jay scored.

Homered to center on a 0-1 count, Abreu scored, Jay scored.

Royals first.  Merrifield singled to center.  Merrifield stole second.  Cuthbert grounded out, third baseman Moncada to first baseman Abreu.  Merrifield was out advancing, first baseman Abreu to shortstop Goins, Merrifield out.  Gordon hit a ground-rule double to left.  Dozier walked.  Soler singled to left, Gordon scored, Dozier to third.  Lopez singled to center, Dozier scored, Soler to third.  Starling grounded out, pitcher Nova to first baseman Abreu.

Royals fifth.  Duda grounded out, second baseman Sánchez to first baseman Abreu.  Viloria struck out.  Merrifield singled to right.  Cuthbert walked on a full count, Merrifield to second.  Gordon walked, Merrifield to third, Cuthbert to second.  Dozier walked on a full count, Merrifield scored, Cuthbert to third, Gordon to second.  Soler singled to left, Cuthbert scored, Gordon scored, Dozier to third.  Fry pitching.  Lopez singled to center, Dozier scored, Soler to second.  Soler was out advancing, center fielder García to second baseman Sánchez, Soler out.

White Sox sixth.  Sánchez hit an infield single to first.  Goins homered to right on the first pitch, Sánchez scored.  García flied out to center fielder Starling.  Moncada flied out to left fielder Gordon.  Abreu grounded out, third baseman Cuthbert to first baseman Duda.

Royals eighth.  Colomé pitching.  Starling singled to left.  Duda struck out.  Viloria singled to center, Starling to third.  Merrifield singled to left, Starling scored, Viloria to second.  Cuthbert grounded into a double play, shortstop Goins to second baseman Sánchez to first baseman Abreu, Merrifield out.

White Sox ninth.  Peralta pitching.  Abreu singled to left.  McCann lined out to center fielder Hamilton.  Jay walked, Abreu to second.  Castillo struck out.  Reed pinch-hitting for Cordell.  Reed homered to center on a 0-1 count, Abreu scored, Jay scored.  Kennedy pitching.  Sánchez lined out to right fielder Starling.

 Since 2017, the White Sox are 29-21 against the Royals, including 8-4 this season, their best record against any opponent they've faced at least four times. Royals hitters are batting .215 against White Sox pitching this season, which is both Chicago's best against any single opponent and Kansas City's lowest against any AL foe.

 The White Sox are 22-16 against the AL Central this year but just 20-31 against the rest of MLB. Chicago starters have a 4.17 ERA in division games this year, compared to a 6.56 ERA against all other opponents.

 The Royals lead the majors with 87 stolen bases and 114 stolen base attempts this season. Kansas City is 11-9 in games when stealing at least two bases and 21-53 in all other games.

 James McCann is the only catcher this season with a .300 or better batting average against both right-handed and left-handed pitching, with at least 50 plate appearances against each. McCann's .277 improvement in OPS (.581 to .858) this year is the fifth-largest uptick among players with at least 200 plate appearances.

 Whit Merrifield enters the series on the longest active hit streak in baseball at 12 games. He is slashing .348/.402/.557 in his last 27 games after compiling a .292/.333/.407 slash line in his previous 27.

 With a combined opponents' batting average of .151, the White Sox's Alex Colome and Aaron Bummer make up the second-stingiest bullpen duo in baseball among pitchers with at least 25 appearances.

HP - Libka, 1B - Hamari, 2B - Tichenor, 3B - Hallion

Danny Duffy will try to become the third straight Royals starter to record a career high in strikeouts as he takes the mound for Kansas City against the Chicago White Sox in the third game of a four-game series Wednesday night.
Glenn Sparkman pitched his first career shutout Tuesday in an 11-0 victory, recording eight strikeouts. That followed a 10-strikeout outing by Jakob Junis Monday.

Royals look to keep whiffing White Sox

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)  Danny Duffy bounced back after getting hit by a line drive that left him with numbness in his throwing hand in last start.
Duffy (4-5) pitched a strong six innings and ended a nine-start winless skid, and Jorge Soler and Nicky Lopez hit back-to-back RBI singles twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 7-5 on Wednesday night.

Pitching

Scoring Summary

Game Details

Game Details

Pitching

RELATED NEWS

Line Score
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
CWS	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
KC	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	X

Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals on July 18, 2019

Pitching

Scoring Summary

Game Details

Game Details

Pitching

RELATED NEWS