Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals
Final
Recap
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kris Bubic struck out a career-high 11, Carter Jensen hit his fourth home run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Friday night. Bubic needed just 88 pitches, 59 for strikes, to get through seven innings. The 28-year-old left-hander allowed two hits and a walk and eclipsed his previous high of nine strikeouts, which he accomplished five times. Matt Strahm worked a hitless eighth inning and Lucas Erceg earned his fourth save. Davis Martin (2-1) was the hard-luck loser for Chicago. The 29-year-old righty allowed two runs on seven hits in seven innings. He didn't walk a batter and struck out three. Duncan Davitt made his MLB debut in relief in the eighth.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteKCR -179 · 62% to win
WonRun LineKCR -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 7.5 · 2 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 15 books
Team stats
2Hits7
0Home runs1
1Walks1
11Strikeouts3
1Stolen bases0
96Pitches thrown105
3Pitching strikeouts11
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar QueroC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colson MontgomerySS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Munetaka Murakami1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lenyn SosaDH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Meidroth2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luisangel AcunaCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Vargas3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derek HillRF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tanner MurrayLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan DavittP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis MartinP | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |