{"id":2480171,"date":"2026-06-29T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2480171"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:14:07","slug":"carter-jensen-extends-his-hitting-streak-as-the-royals-avoid-sweep-in-5-4-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/carter-jensen-extends-his-hitting-streak-as-the-royals-avoid-sweep-in-5-4-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter Jensen extends his hitting streak as the Royals avoid sweep in 5-4 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CHICAGO \u2014 Carter Jensen extended his franchise-record rookie hitting streak to 19 games and five Kansas City Royals relievers held the Chicago White Sox scoreless for five innings to end a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Jensen went 3 for 5 with two RBIs to extend the longest active streak in MLB, now the longest by an American League rookie since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals (35-50) were outscored 24-2 in the first two games of the series but avoided their seventh sweep of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Vargas homered and doubled for the White Sox (43-39), who fell to 17-10 in one-run games.<\/p>\n<p>After starter Luinder Avila gave up four runs in four innings, Royals relievers Steven Cruz (2-2), Beck Way, Lucas Erceg, Matt Strahm and Alex Lange combined to allow only two baserunners over the final five, with Lange pitching a perfect ninth for his seventh save. The Royals have an MLB-high 22 blown-lead losses this season.<\/p>\n<p>Jensen&#8217;s RBI single scored Lane Thomas in the top of the first to extend his streak. The White Sox answered in the bottom of the inning on Vargas&#8217; 19th home run, a two-run shot 407 feet into the wind to left.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas drove home Collins with a single and Bobby Witt Jr. scored Tyler Tolbert on a sacrifice fly in the second. The Sox responded again in the bottom half on Kyle Teel&#8217;s two-run, broken-bat single to left.<\/p>\n<p>Collins&#8217; bloop double in the third tied the score 4-4.<\/p>\n<p>Jensen&#8217;s second hit, a double into the right-field corner in the fourth, put the Royals in the lead for good and chased White Sox starter Anthony Kay (6-3) after 3 2\/3 innings. Kay had been unbeaten at home (5-0) this season.<\/p>\n<h4>Up next<\/h4>\n<p>RHP Sean Burke (5-4, 3.71 ERA) starts Monday for the White Sox at Baltimore against RHP Shane Baz (4-8, 4.31).<\/p>\n<p>The Royals host the Tampa Bay Rays beginning Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '1557642287829215',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (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 = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/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.kshb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO \u2014 Carter Jensen extended his franchise-record rookie hitting streak to 19 games and five Kansas City Royals relievers held the Chicago White Sox scoreless for five innings to end a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win Sunday. 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