{"id":2366554,"date":"2026-04-10T05:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2366554"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:20:53","slug":"anthony-kay-earns-first-mlb-win-since-2021-as-white-sox-shut-out-royals-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anthony-kay-earns-first-mlb-win-since-2021-as-white-sox-shut-out-royals-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Kay earns first MLB win since 2021 as White Sox shut out Royals 2-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>By DAVID SMALE<\/p>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Anthony Kay allowed three hits in 5 2\/3 innings to pick up his first major league victory since July 2021 as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Kay (1-0), who pitched the last two seasons in Japan, walked three but struck out six, getting Vinnie Pasquantino, Jac Caglianone and Kyle Isbel twice each.<\/p>\n<p>Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez picked up his second save as the White Sox snapped a 14-game losing streak at Kauffman Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City starter Seth Lugo (1-1) was nearly as good as Kay, allowing two runs in 6 1\/3 innings. He allowed four hits and struck out four, but issued a season-high four walks, twice his total so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>Two of those walks came in the seventh, with Andrew Benintendi, who reached via the first walk of the inning, scoring Chicago&#8217;s second run on Luisangel Acu\u00f1a&#8217;s sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox got on the board in the fourth. Munetaka Murakami coaxed a leadoff walk from Lugo. He then scored on a one-out double by Colson Montgomery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"in-story-ad\">\n\t\t<noscript><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/yourvalleybanners.creativecirclemedia.com\/www\/delivery\/ck.php?n=abf362dd&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Lugo was bailed out by a couple of stellar double plays. In the second, third baseman Maikel Garcia fielded a hard grounder in the hole, raced to second and then fired a throw to first to turn two.<\/p>\n<p>In the sixth, Bobby Witt Jr. grabbed a line drive by Murakami behind second. He raced to the bag and got Murakami at first.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals had their best chance to score in the seventh after Garcia and Witt hit two-out singles. But Grant Taylor got Pasquantino to ground out to end the inning.<\/p>\n<p><hl2>Up next<\/hl2><\/p>\n<p>The White Sox and Royals will play the second game of a four-game series on Friday night. Chicago will send RHP Davis Martin (2-0, 2.45 ERA) to the mound to face Kansas City LHP Kris Bubic (1-1, 4.09).<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n      var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n      if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n      js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n      js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8&appId=517072655536478\";\n      fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v3.3&#038;appId=1053010058231545&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yourvalley.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By DAVID SMALE KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Anthony Kay allowed three hits in 5 2\/3 innings to pick up his first major league victory since July 2021 as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Thursday night. 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