{"id":2417462,"date":"2026-05-15T03:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2417462"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:48:12","slug":"white-sox-sweep-royals-climb-above-500-with-fifth-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/white-sox-sweep-royals-climb-above-500-with-fifth-straight-win\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox sweep Royals, climb above .500 with fifth straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Randal Grichuk drove in four runs to lift the White Sox to a 6-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday, moving Chicago above .500 for the first time since winning its 2023 opener.<\/p>\n<p>Grichuk hit a two-run home run in the first inning and then drove in two more with a single in third as Chicago won its fifth straight game. The White Sox also won five straight from April 27-May 2.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox swept three games from the Royals to officially be the hottest team in baseball heading into a three-game series against the rival Cubs beginning on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox at 22-21 are at .500 after April for the first time since October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago starter Anthony Kay (3-1) gave up six hits and two runs in six-plus innings. The left-hander walked two and struck out four while throwing 97 pitches.<\/p>\n<p>After giving up a run in the first, Kay shut down Kansas City until yielding a triple to start the seventh, ending his outing.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Newcomb threw two scoreless innings to log his first save of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Royals starter Kris Bubic (3-2) permitted five hits and five runs over four innings. The southpaw struck out four and walked three during an 84-pitch outing.<\/p>\n<p>Salvador Perez had two hits for the Royals, who have lost four in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City started the scoring in the first when Maikel Garcia and Bobby Witt Jr. began the contest with singles. Lane Thomas made it 1-0 with a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox weren\u2019t behind for long, however. Munetaka Murakami drew a full-count, two-out walk, and Grichuk deposited a home run into the left field stands for a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago took control in the third. Chase Meidroth drew a one-out walk, and Miguel Vargas singled to right. Murakami walked to load the bases, and Grichuk made it 4-1 with a two-run single to center.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox added an insurance run in the fourth after Luisangel Acuna singled with one out and stole second. Meidroth singled him in from third with two outs.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City\u2019s Kyle Isbel tripled in the seventh and scored on Garcia\u2019s groundout, but Derek Hill singled in a run for Chicago in the eighth to restore the four-run lead.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #entry-meta -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v23.0\"><\/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.joxfm.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randal Grichuk drove in four runs to lift the White Sox to a 6-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday, moving Chicago above .500 for the first time since winning its 2023 opener. 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