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Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Regular Season Final

Final score

The Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5–4 on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at home.

Team Runs 2026 record
Chicago White Sox 4 84-78
at Kansas City Royals 5 69-93

Line score

Team
Chicago White Sox 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 1
Kansas City Royals 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 0
  • W: Connor Thomas (2-1)
  • L: Hagen Smith (3-3)
  • S: Steven Cruz

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Bottom 1st Kansas City Royals Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to right fielder Braden Montgomery. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. 0–2
Bottom 1st Kansas City Royals Vinnie Pasquantino doubles (20) on a line drive to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Maikel Garcia scores. 0–3
Bottom 1st Kansas City Royals Michael Massey singles on a ground ball to shortstop Colson Montgomery. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Throwing error by shortstop Colson Montgomery. 0–4
Top 3rd Chicago White Sox Kyle Teel singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Chase Meidroth scores. Braden Montgomery scores. Sam Antonacci to 2nd. 2–4
Top 3rd Chicago White Sox Miguel Vargas singles on a fly ball to center fielder John Rave. Sam Antonacci scores. Kyle Teel to 3rd. 3–4
Top 3rd Chicago White Sox Munetaka Murakami doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Kyle Teel scores. Miguel Vargas to 3rd. 4–4
Bottom 7th Kansas City Royals Maikel Garcia doubles (20) on a line drive to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. 4–5

Box score

Chicago White Sox

Batter
Sam Antonacci LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .269
Kyle Teel C 3 1 1 2 1 2 .182
Miguel Vargas 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .251
Munetaka Murakami 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .204
Andrew Benintendi DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Randal Grichuk DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .290
Tristan Peters CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270
Chase Meidroth 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1 .273
Colson Montgomery SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 .202
Braden Montgomery RF 4 1 3 0 0 0 .219
Luisangel Acuña PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
Totals 34 4 9 4 1 7
Pitcher
Bryan Hudson 0.1 4 4 3 0 0 0 16 3.43
Erick Fedde 2.2 4 0 0 2 2 0 64 3.83
Sean Newcomb 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 3.17
Hagen Smith (L, 3-3) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 33 1.32
Jordan Hicks 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 4.02

Kansas City Royals

Batter
Carter Jensen C 4 1 3 0 0 1 .237
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 2 1 0 0 1 .282
Jac Caglianone RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283
Maikel Garcia 3B 3 1 3 3 1 0 .263
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .249
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .228
Michael Massey 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .276
John Rave CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221
Kyle Isbel CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Isaac Collins LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .215
Totals 34 5 12 4 2 7
Pitcher
Seth Lugo 3.1 7 4 4 0 3 0 72 5.17
Anthony Gose 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0.00
Connor Thomas (W, 2-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 8.06
Lucas Erceg (H, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 5.83
Steven Cruz (S, 8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 4.30

Game info

Weather
74 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind
6 mph, In From RF
First pitch
6:40 PM
Time of game
2:31
Attendance
17,114
Umpires
Home Plate: Clint Vondrak, First Base: Todd Tichenor, Second Base: Cory Blaser, Third Base: Adam Hamari

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