Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox
Final
Recap
CHICAGO -- Pinch-hitter Derek Hill homered to break an eighth-inning tie after Chicago wasted a three-run lead, and the White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Tuesday night for their third straight win. Drew Romo hit a solo homer just over the outstretched glove of right fielder Jac Caglianone and Chase Meidroth had a three-run drive off Stephen Kolek in a five-run fifth that built a 5-2 advantage. Kansas City tied the score in the sixth when Nick Loftin hit an RBI double against Tyler Schweitzer and scored on Maikel Garcia's single off Grant Taylor.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteKCR -118 · 51% to win
UpsetRun LineKCR -1.5
CHW coveredTotalO/U 9.5 · 11 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 15 books
Team stats
11Hits7
2Home runs3
2Walks4
5Strikeouts11
0Stolen bases1
148Pitches thrown146
11Pitching strikeouts5
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick LoftinPH-2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter JensenDH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac CollinsLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac CaglianoneRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador PerezC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IVP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Stephen KolekP | 4.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Luinder AvilaP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt StrahmP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |