Jeff Samardzija did all he could to enhance his trade value in the month of July. Since then, he has posted back-to-back poor starts as the Kansas City Royals won for the ninth time against the White Sox in 2015, 7-6.
The game started off very well for Chicago, as Samardzija dominated the Royals first time through the order by not allowing a base runner the first three innings. A night after the White Sox failed twice to drive in a run from 3rd with less than 1 out, Alexei Ramirez lead off the third inning with his 22nd double.