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CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Shane Smith allowed one hit in a career-high seven innings, Korey Lee hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0 on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Smith (4-7) pitched into the seventh inning for the first time in his career, facing just 23 batters on 80 pitches.<\/p>\n
Lee, in his first start since getting called up from Triple-A Charlotte, drove a shot over the left-field wall for his first home run of the season for a 5-0 lead in the fourth. Brooks Baldwin followed with a home run near the same spot for a six-run lead.<\/p>\n
Chicago has won three straight games after losing 14 of 18.<\/p>\n
Kansas City dropped to 13-10 in August. The Royals entered having scored at least five runs in 20 of 34 games (58.8%) since the All-Star break, tied with Milwaukee for the most in the majors.<\/p>\n
Kansas City starter Noah Cameron (7-6) allowed six earned runs and eight hits in five innings.<\/p>\n
Mike Yastrzemski hit a double in the third and Bobby Witt Jr. had one in the ninth for the Royals’ two hits.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
Chicago scored three runs on four hits in the first inning. Edgar Quero hit a shot into the gap in left-center field to score Chase Meidroth from first to open the scoring. Lenyn Sosa followed with a hit into the right-field gap for back-to-back doubles. Curtis Mead added Chicago\u2019s third double for his third RBI of the season and a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
Chicago scored in the first inning for the third time in four games after doing so just once in the previous nine.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (5-8, 4.50) is scheduled to make his 21st start of the season while White Sox LHP Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez (1-3, 2.51) will be making his sixth start.<\/p>\n
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