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It marked Chicago's first win against the
Royals this season in seven tries. Kansas City took the opener
of the twin bill, 4-2.
In Game 2, the White Sox went ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the
fourth when Andrew Vaughn doubled to left and Dominic Fletcher
drove him in with a sharp single down the right field line.
Sheets doubled Chicago's lead when he led off the sixth by
turning on a first-pitch fastball from Royals right-hander
Michael Wacha, driving it off the right field foul pole for his
third homer of the year.
The Royals cut the lead in half at 2-1 in the top of the
seventh. Nick Loftin singled to right, went to second on Adam
Frazier's groundout to first, took third on Tanner Banks' errant
pickoff attempt and scored on Hunter Renfroe's groundout to
third.
Kansas City got the tying run on against reliever Deivi Garcia
in the eighth, but with two outs, pinch runner Dairon Blanco was
gunned down by Chicago catcher Korey Lee while trying to steal
second.
Garcia stayed in for the ninth and got his first save of the
season. He logged two scoreless innings in all, giving up just
one hit while walking one.
White Sox right-hander Erick Fedde (1-0) tossed 5 2/3 scoreless
innings, allowing three hits and three walks. He struck out five
en route to the win.
Wacha (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits over six innings,
walking two and striking out four in a 92-pitch effort to take
the loss.
Chicago outhit the Royals 6-5.
Tuesday's game between the teams was rained out, leading to the
doubleheader on Wednesday.
--Field Level Media
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