{"id":2367972,"date":"2026-04-11T00:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2367972"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:36:19","slug":"game-thread-white-sox-5-8-at-royals-5-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/game-thread-white-sox-5-8-at-royals-5-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Thread: White Sox (5-8) at Royals (5-8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">If I\u2019m the Royals, and even just two weeks into the season the WHITE SOX are tied with me in the standings, I\u2019m much displeased. But thankfully, despite some significant time logged in Kansas City, I am not the Royals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Given that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southsidesox.com\/chicago-white-sox-analysis\/123312\/south-side-sox-reacts-hitting-should-be-the-most-improved\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:our readers just voted the offense to be most likely improved in 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;our readers just voted the offense to be most likely improved in 2026&quot;}\" class=\"link \">our readers just voted the offense to be most likely improved in 2026<\/a>, take a look at the garbage that Will Venable is rolling out in the second of a four-game set in K.C.:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">The good news? Davis Martin is on the hill, and so far this season that has meant some good, good stuff. The unofficially team\/spirit captain has been a rock in the rotation in the early going, and with an lineup that comes into the game as exactly replacement level, 0.0 WAR, the righthander will need to be at the top of his game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">First pitch is at 6:40 p.m. CT, available at the usual TV and radio spots.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Join the conversation!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/auth\/login?itm_medium=sidebar&amp;itm_source=batterypower&amp;returnPath=%2Fauth%2Fsso%3FreturnTo%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.batterypower.com%252F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up for a user account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sign up for a user account&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sign up for a user account<\/a>\u00a0and get:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">Comment on articles, community posts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">Rec comments, community posts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">New, improved notifications system!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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 sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I\u2019m the Royals, and even just two weeks into the season the WHITE SOX are tied with me in the standings, I\u2019m much displeased. But thankfully, despite some significant time logged in Kansas City, I am not the Royals. Given that our readers just voted the offense to be most likely improved in 2026, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2367973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[347344,310650,22091,329003,460264],"class_list":["post-2367972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-davis-martin","tag-kansas-city","tag-the-royals","tag-white-sox","tag-will-venable"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Game-Thread-White-Sox-5-8-at-Royals-5-8.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367974,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367972\/revisions\/2367974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}