Field Level Media
13 May 2026, 08:10 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images)
Derek Hill delivered a pinch-hit, tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth inning and Chase Meidroth and Drew Romo also homered to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.
Chicago was outhit 11-7 but rallied to stretch its winning streak to three games.
Sam Antonacci and Miguel Vargas both had two hits for the White Sox. Bryan Hudson worked a perfect ninth for the save.
Kansas City reached White Sox starter Erick Fedde for a pair of solo homers in the first inning. Bobby Witt Jr., the reigning American League Player of the Week, opened the scoring two batters into the game with a blast to right. Salvador Perez added to the advantage two batters later with a drive to right-center.
Royals starter Stephen Kolek cruised behind the early run support, retiring eight in a row after Antonacci reached on a Witt error to open the bottom of the first. The White Sox loaded the bases with two outs in the third but Kolek struck out Colson Montgomery. Kolek picked up two more strikeouts in a perfect fourth.
Chicago broke through with a five-run fifth. Romo got the White Sox on the board with a one-out solo shot and Vargas tied the game with an RBI single. Montgomery worked a two-out walk to bring in Meidroth, who extended his hitting streak to 11 with a three-run blast to left.
The Royals responded quickly with a three-run sixth. Nick Loftin delivered a pinch-hit, two-run double against reliever Tyler Schweitzer and scored on Maikel Garcia's game-tying single.
Hill put the White Sox ahead with two outs in the eighth, connecting off Matt Strahm (1-1). Seranthony Dominguez (3-3) tossed a perfect eighth.
Vinnie Pasquantino, Witt and Perez each had two hits for Kansas City.
Fedde scattered two runs and six hits in five innings while walking one and striking two.
Kolek yielded five runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings with three walks and six strikeouts.
White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and a walk, ending his MLB record streak of consecutive series openers with a home run at eight.
--Field Level Media
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