White Sox put up double digits vs. Royals again
CHICAGO -- Todd Frazier finished 2-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs, and the Chicago White Sox cruised to a 10-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Leury Garcia and Omar Narvaez drove in two runs apiece as the White Sox bombarded Kansas City for double-digit runs for the second consecutive night. Chicago (10-9), which beat the Royals 12-1 on Monday, won its third game in a row.
Brandon Moss and Mike Moustakas homered for the Royals. Kansas City (7-13) lost its sixth consecutive contest and dropped to a season-worst six games below .500.
White Sox left-hander Dan Jennings (2-0) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the victory. Jennings replaced rookie right-hander Dylan Covey, who allowed two runs in four innings.
Royals left-hander Danny Duffy (2-1) surrendered six runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Sloppy defense did not help the Royals' pitchers. A throwing error by third baseman Moustakas opened the door for a two-run single by Narvaez in the seventh inning to make it 8-2.
Chicago added a pair of runs in the ninth on back-to-back doubles by Frazier and Avisail Garcia.
Kansas City opened the scoring in the first inning on a hard-hit single to center field by Salvador Perez.
Chicago evened the score at 1 in the second. Leury Garcia drove home Avisail Garcia with a two-out, bases-loaded single, but Royals left fielder Alex Gordon threw out Matt Davidson at the plate.
Gordon put the Kansas City on top 2-1 with a run-scoring single in the third.
Frazier hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field in the bottom of the third as Chicago pulled even again.
The White Sox seized a 3-2 lead in the fourth when Leury Garcia doubled off the wall in left-center field. He scored during the next at-bat as Tim Anderson singled down the right-field line.
Duffy allowed two more runs in the fifth inning before Royals manager Ned Yost yanked him with the Royals' deficit at 6-2. Frazier drilled a run-scoring double and came home on a standup triple by Yolmer Sanchez.
NOTES: Royals 3B Mike Moustakas started in the leadoff spot for the first time in his 707-game career. The 28-year-old extended his hit streak to 11 games with a double and a home run. "He's been swinging well," Royals manager Ned Yost said before the game. "It's that simple." ... The White Sox placed RHP Zach Putnam on the 10-day disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, because of right elbow inflammation. Putnam is 0-0 with a 1.04 ERA in seven appearances. To fill Putnam's spot on the roster, the White Sox promoted RHP Chris Beck from Triple-A Charlotte. ... Royals OF Jorge Soler clubbed his second home run during an rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha. The 25-year-old has been on the disabled list since the start of the season because of a left oblique strain.