Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals Match Player Stats On Jul 23, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 23, 2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Brandon Moss hit a walk-off RBI double in the ninth inning as the Kansas City Royals edged the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Sunday.

Moss' double to right field off Tyler Clippard scored Lorenzo Cain. He was running for Mike Moustakas, who led off the inning with a single.

Kelvin Herrera (3-2) pitched a spotless ninth to pick up the victory. Rookie Gregory Infante (0-1), who started the ninth for Chicago, took the loss.

The Royals blasted four home runs, including two Whit Merrifield solo shots. Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 10 games.

Adam Engel hit a bases-clearing double in a four-run fifth inning as the White Sox took a 4-3 lead.

Tyler Saladino, Omar Narvaez and Yolmer Sanchez singled with one out off Travis Wood. Engel drilled a double down the left-line to score all three.

Kevin McCarthy was summoned to replace Wood and permitted a Jose Abreu RBI double that put the White Sox ahead.

Merrifield's homer to lead off the eighth tied it.

Wood was charged with four runs, seven hits and a walk in 4 2/3 innings.

After facing the minimum number of batters the first three innings, White Sox left-hander Derek Holland gave up three straight homers to lead off the fourth.

Merrifield started it with a shot to left on a 2-0 count. Jorge Bonifacio hit his 13th, a full-count blast to left, and Eric Hosmer made it three in a row with a shot that landed in the White Sox right-field bullpen.

The last time the Royals hit three straight home runs was May 25, 2006. It was the second straight game the Royals hit three home runs in an inning.

Holland, who had yielded 24 home runs in 102 innings, did not make it through the fifth. Anthony Swarzak replaced him after a Drew Butera double and a Merrifield walk.

Wood worked his way out of a mild jam in the first inning after giving up two-out singles to Abreu and Avisail Garcia. Matt Davidson flied out to right to end the inning

Sanchez opened the White Sox third with a first-pitch double off the left-center wall but was picked off by Wood as he attempted to steal third.

The White Sox have lost nine consecutive games. The Royals ended their 10-game homestand with five straight victories.

NOTES: The Royals have five players -- 3B Mike Moustakas, C Salvador Perez, 1B Eric Hosmer, DH Brandon Moss and RF Jorge Bonifacio -- on a pace to hit 20 home runs. If that occurs, it would be the first time in franchise history. ... Tyler Saladino started at shortstop for the second straight game with Tim Anderson on the White Sox bench. ... 2B Yoan Moncada struck out for the first time as a White Sox in the second inning in his 12th plate appearance. ... The White Sox open a four-game series Monday with the crosstown rival Cubs at Wrigley Field. White Sox RHP Miguel Gonzalez and Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks are the probables for the opener. ... The Royals open a nine-game trip Monday with the first three games at Detroit. Royals RHP Jason Hammel and Tigers RHP Justin Verlander are the Monday probables.