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The White Sox offense goes missing again as Sean Burke and company fall flat in a 6\u20130 loss in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Chicago White Sox <\/a>offense remains missing in action. They\u2019ve scored just three runs across their last three games, and\u00a0Saturday night\u00a0in Kansas City offered no rescue mission. The Royals scored in each of the first three innings, and Chicago\u2019s bats didn\u2019t respond with much.<\/p>\n Sean Burke got the start and labored\u00a0through 3.2\u00a0innings that felt like three hours. He needed 85 pitches to record just 11 outs, with Royals hitters dragging him deep into counts all night. Two of the three runs he allowed were earned, and the third came courtesy of an error on what should have been a double-play ball but instead turned into a comedy sketch. Burke allowed five hits, struck out three, and walked one.<\/p>\n Mike Yastrzemski opened the scoring with a solo shot in the first, and John Rave, pinch-hitting for a heat-sick Vinnie Pasquantino, belted one of his own in the third.<\/p>\n Tyler Alexander came on to clean up Burke\u2019s mess in the fourth, but Maikel Garcia broke things open in the fifth with a two-out, two-run double. That was more than enough against a White Sox lineup that apparently packed it in after a post-All-Star break hot stretch.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chicago\u2019s lone offensive highlight? A two-run double off the bat of Andrew Benintendi in the eighth inning. Colson Montgomery doubled, and Luis Robert Jr. walked to start the rally. Benintendi\u2019s knock snapped the club\u2019s 0-10 stretch with runners in scoring position. Nevertheless, the two runs registered as only window dressing before Kansas City shut the door. The Royals cruised to a 6-2 win.<\/p>\nRoyals Put It Away Early<\/strong><\/h2>\n