Kansas City 10, Chi. White Sox 1
When: 7:40 PM ET, Thursday, April 4, 2024
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
60°
Umpires:
Home -
Malachi Moore, 1B -
Bill Miller, 2B -
Doug Eddings, 3B -
Chad Whitson
Attendance:
10863
By Field Level Media
Nelson Velazquez and MJ Melendez homered, and Seth Lugo escaped several jams as the host Kansas City Royals blasted the Chicago White Sox 10-1 on Thursday evening.
Lugo (1-0) allowed five singles and a walk through the first four innings, avoiding damage with the help of three double-play grounders, including Yoan Moncada's sharp grounder with the bases loaded in the third.
In 6 2/3 innings, Lugo allowed a run on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Royals starting pitchers have a 1.43 ERA through the first seven games.
Kansas City broke the game open with an eight-run seventh inning highlighted by Kyle Isbel's two-run bloop single to right and shortstop Braden Shewmake's three-run error.
Melendez's first homer of the season, a two-run blast 421 feet to right, capped the Royals' biggest inning of the year.
In the second inning, Velazquez's one-out hit scored Melendez, who doubled off White Sox first baseman Andrew Vaughn's glove.
Velazquez crushed Michael Soroka's full-count fastball 429 feet into the left-field fountains for a 2-0 advantage in the fourth. The solo shot was Velázquez's second of the year.
Bobby Witt Jr. had a pair of hits, including his fifth double of the season. Witt has an extra-base hit in six of seven games.
Soroka (0-1) allowed two runs on six hits with two strikeouts over six innings.
The White Sox broke through in the sixth on Vaughn's RBI single, cutting the deficit to 2-1, but Gavin Sheets was cut down at the plate trying to score on Shewmake's shallow fly to right fielder Melendez, ending the threat.
Vaughn, Sheets, and Korey Lee each had a pair of hits for Chicago.
The White Sox hit into four double plays and were 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Chicago is 4-for-32 this season in those situations.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Kansas City |
|
Michael Soroka
|
Player |
Seth Lugo
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.2 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
6 |
Hits |
8 |
|
3.00 |
ERA |
1.35 |
Hitting
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Kansas City |
|
Gavin Sheets
| Player |
Nelson Velázquez |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
2 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
3 |
TB |
5 |
|
1.000 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
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