Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

10-28, 3-17 Away

Final

23-16, 15-5 Home


CHW
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1	0	1	0	2	2	0	4	-	10	17	0

K. Bubic4-2

7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 1 BB

D. Martin1-4

4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

White Sox Hitting

hitters
C. MeidrothSS
M. Vargas3B
N. MatonRF
E. QueroC
L. Robert Jr.CF
A. Vaughn1B
J. PalaciosDH
L. Sosa2B
B. BaldwinLF
M. TaylorRF
aJ. RojasPH-3B
team

AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	0	1	.245	.355	.264
3	0	0	1	.220	.313	.326
1	0	0	0	.167	.286	.315
3	1	1	0	.293	.397	.345
4	1	0	2	.192	.301	.336
3	1	0	1	.186	.223	.293
3	1	0	1	.186	.304	.237
3	1	0	0	.248	.271	.333
3	0	0	1	.243	.274	.374
2	0	0	2	.192	.244	.329
1	0	0	1	.300	.417	.300
30	6	1	10

a-struck out looking for Taylor in the 8th

Batting
2BSosa (5, Bubic); Vaughn (6, Bubic)
GIDPRobert Jr.; Baldwin; Quero
Team LOB4
Team RISP1-9 (Taylor 0-1, Palacios 1-2, Sosa 0-2, Vaughn 0-1, Baldwin 0-2, Meidroth 0-1)

Royals Hitting

hitters
J. IndiaLF
B. Witt Jr.SS
C. BiggioPR-3B
V. Pasquantino1B
S. PerezDH
M. Garcia3B-SS
M. Massey2B
H. RenfroeRF
D. WatersCF
F. FerminC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	3	2	2	1	0	.237	.340	.313
5	2	4	2	0	0	.325	.392	.530
0	1	0	0	0	0	.192	.323	.250
5	1	2	1	0	0	.216	.269	.385
4	0	2	3	0	2	.241	.286	.380
5	0	2	2	0	0	.326	.392	.508
5	0	2	0	0	0	.206	.218	.270
4	0	0	0	0	1	.152	.218	.190
4	2	2	0	0	0	.286	.333	.417
4	1	1	0	0	1	.265	.306	.324
40	10	17	10	1	4

Batting
2BPerez (13, Martin); India (7, Vasil); Witt Jr. 2 (16, Shuster, Vasil); Massey (5, Martin)
3BGarcia (1, Vasil)
RBIPerez 3 (20), India 2 (9), Witt Jr. 2 (23), Pasquantino (23), Garcia 2 (17)
2Out RBIPerez 2, India, Witt Jr., Garcia 2
SFPerez
Team LOB8
Team RISP7-17 (Perez 1-2, Renfroe 0-1, Waters 0-1, India 2-2, Fermin 0-2, Witt Jr. 2-2, Pasquantino 1-4, Massey 0-1, Garcia 1-2)

Baserunning
SBWaters (3, 2nd base off Vasil/Quero); Witt Jr. 2 (13, 2nd base off Vasil/Quero, 2nd base off Martin/Quero)

Fielding
DP3 (Massey-Witt Jr.-Pasquantino , Garcia-Massey-Pasquantino , Bubic-Massey-Pasquantino)

White Sox Pitching

pitchers
D. Martin(L, 1-4)
M. Vasil
J. Shuster
J. Amaya
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
4.1	7	4	4	1	2	86-49	4.01
1.1	4	2	2	0	1	40-25	1.71
1.1	6	4	4	0	1	42-26	9.00
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	0.00
8.0	17	10	10	1	4	174-105

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedAmaya 3/3; Martin 9/21; Vasil 4/8; Shuster 7/10
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesAmaya-0-0-2-3; Martin-8-10-13-18; Vasil-6-3-9-7; Shuster-7-5-5-9
Ground Balls-Fly BallsAmaya 0-3; Martin 6-5; Vasil 2-1; Shuster 0-3
Game ScoresD Martin 34

Royals Pitching

pitchers
K. Bubic(W, 4-2)
C. Stratton
S. Cruz
team

IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	6	1	7	93-65	1.69
1.0	0	0	2	15-9	7.62
1.0	0	0	1	12-9	0.00
9.0	6	1	10	120-83

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedStratton 1/3; Bubic 14/25; Cruz 1/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesStratton-5-1-2-1; Bubic-15-16-17-17; Cruz-2-3-2-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsStratton 0-1; Bubic 7-4; Cruz 0-2
Game ScoresK Bubic 71

Scoring Summary

		KC
1st	Perez doubled to left, Pasquantino scored.	1
3rd	Perez singled to center, Witt Jr. scored.	2
5th	Garcia tripled to center, India scored and Witt Jr. scored.	4
6th	India doubled to left, Waters scored.	5
6th	Witt Jr. doubled to center, India scored.	6
8th	India singled to right, Waters scored, Fermin to second.	7
8th	Witt Jr. doubled to right, Fermin scored, India to third.	8
8th	Pasquantino singled to center, India scored, Biggio to third.	9
8th	Perez hit sacrifice fly to right, Biggio scored.	10

White Sox
0
Royals
3

Game 1

6/5

White Sox
3
Royals
4

Game 2

7/5

White Sox
1
Royals
2

Game 3

8/5

White Sox
0
Royals
10

Game 4

8/5

White Sox
1
Royals
3

Game 5

16/8

White Sox
2
Royals
6

Game 6

17/8

White Sox
2
Royals
6

Game 7

17/8

Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, 8 May 2025

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 25,386

Game Time:2:40

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - James Hoye
First Base Umpire - D.J. Reyburn
Second Base Umpire - John Libka
Third Base Umpire - Sean Barber

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

K. Bubic4-2

D. Martin1-4

Scoring Summary

Inning

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