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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 5, Chi. White Sox 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 16, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 57°
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 13922

The baby steps have started for the Kansas City Royals, who won their first series under new manager Ned Yost as by taking the rubber match of a three-game series Sunday against the Chicago White Sox 5-3.

Yost moved from the Royals’ front office to replace Trey Hillman who was fired Thursday.

Right-hander Brian Bannister had one of his better starts of the season and was rewarded with the victory as he improved to 2-3. He allowed seven hits, three earned runs and a walk in six innings with two strikeouts.

Joakim Soria pitched a pressure less ninth inning for this ninth save.

Bannister was backed by Jose Guillen offensively as the designated hitter had two hits and three RBIs. The first was a single that continued a three-run fourth inning and then he added a two-run single in the fifth to push the Royals lead to 5-2.

Billy Butler and Mike Aviles also had two hits apiece for the Royals, who improved to 14-24 overall.

Chicago starter Gavin Floyd (1-4) took the loss after giving up all five earned run in his six innings. He allowed 10 hits with a walk and four strikeouts.

Alex Rios had three of the White Sox’s 10 hits including his seventh home run of the season and Alexei Ramirez had two hits and two RBIs.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   Kansas City
Gavin Floyd Player Brian Bannister
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 2
10 Hits 7
7.50 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   Kansas City
Alex Rios Player Billy Butler
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
1 HR 0
6 TB 2
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 9 1 12 .281 11 3 3 2 0 0
Kansas City 10 0 10 .312 14 4 5 2 0 0