The White Sox mercifully ended their five-game losing streak with a solid win in Kansas City over the Royals that almost slipped away but, for the first time in what seems like ages, did not. It’ll bring them up to 54-86 on the season, and sends the Royals back down to 53 games below (!) at 44-97.
The pitching matchup wasn’t exactly marquee, and both sides were active on the bases early, but untimely hitting and some double play help for each defense kept the scoreboard clean through three innings, and none of the early offense amounted to much of a threat.