Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox

Royals Batting

Doubles: Merrifield (27, Osich); Gallagher (4, Cease)

Triples: Dozier (5, Cease)

Home Runs: Merrifield (12, 4th inning off Cease 1 on, 1 Out); Dozier (14, 8th inning off Osich 1 on, 2 Out)

Runs Batted In: Gordon (58), Hamilton (10), Cuthbert (22), Starling (2), Merrifield 2 (47), Dozier 3 (50)

2-out Runs Batted In: Gordon, Cuthbert, Starling, Dozier (2)

Sacrifice Flies: Hamilton

Team Left On Base: 6

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-9 (Gordon 1-1, Cuthbert 1-2, Starling 1-2, Merrifield 1-1, Soler 0-2, Dozier 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Cuthbert 1; Starling 2

Royals Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Sparkman pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Sparkman 17/32

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Sparkman-21-18-14-22

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Sparkman 11-7

Game Scores: G Sparkman 84

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Mondesi-N. Lopez-Cuthbert)

Royals Baserunning

Stolen Bases: Mondesi (31, 3rd base off Cease/McCann)

White Sox Batting

Ground Into Double Play: Abreu

Team Left On Base: 5

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (Sánchez 0-2)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Sánchez 2

White Sox Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Covey pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. ; Cease pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

Hit By Pitch: Soler (by Covey)

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Osich 2/7; Covey 6/7; Cease 18/27

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Osich-2-2-9-5; Covey-5-1-6-5; Cease-20-12-16-19

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Osich 1-1; Covey 1-1; Cease 8-3

Game Scores: D Cease 42

White Sox Fielding

Errors: García (7, throw); Moncada (10, throw); Cease (1, throw)

Assists: Jay (Cuthbert at 3rd base); Cordell (Merrifield at Home)