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Bonifacio powers Royals to win after Duffy's gem

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CHICAGO -- In the first inning on Saturday afternoon, Jorge Bonifacio provided all the offense the Royals needed.

Bonifacio hit a towering fly ball inside the left-field foul pole off White Sox starter Reynaldo Lopez, giving Kansas City a 2-0 lead it would not relinquish. The long ball -- Bonifacio's first of the year -- boosted the Royals to a 5-0 victory at Guaranteed Rate Field.

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The win was the Royals' second in their last 14 games, and the seventh shutout of the season.