Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals
Final
Recap
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Michael Wacha struck out seven while pitching four-hit ball through eight innings, Maikel Garcia homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the White Sox 2-0 on Saturday as Chicago’s scoreless streak reached 20 innings. Garcia opened the game with a leadoff homer and the Royals added another run in the eighth inning when Garcia doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Vinnie Pasquantino. Wacha (2-0) walked one before giving way to Lucas Erceg, who worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth save of the season.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteKCR -189 · 63% to win
WonRun LineKCR -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 9 · 2 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 15 books
Team stats
4Hits4
0Home runs1
1Walks1
8Strikeouts6
0Stolen bases0
124Pitches thrown100
6Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Meidroth2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Munetaka Murakami1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrew BenintendiLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tristan PetersCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lenyn SosaDH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Murray3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reese McGuireC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dustin HarrisRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colson MontgomerySS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean NewcombP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erick FeddeP | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Jordan HicksP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |