5-8, 2-5 Away

Final

5-8, 3-4 Home

Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
C. Meidroth2B	1-4	0	0	.244
M. Murakami1B	0-2	1	0	.195
M. Vargas3B	0-3	0	0	.209
C. MontgomerySS	1-4	0	1	.200
A. BenintendiDH	0-3	1	0	.176
D. HarrisLF	1-3	0	0	.333
D. HillLF	0-0	0	0	.182
E. QueroC	2-4	0	0	.194
L. AcunaCF	0-3	0	1	.231
T. PetersRF	0-3	0	0	.242

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
A. Kay	5.2	3	2	6	100-63	2.45
G. Taylor	1.1	2	0	1	22-17	1.42
J. Leasure	1.0	0	1	2	18-9	4.70
S. Dominguez	1.0	0	1	2	15-8	3.86

According to ESPN Analytics

CHW

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

7:40 PM, April 9, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 13,001

Game Time:2:35

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Marvin Hudson
First Base Umpire - Tripp Gibson
Second Base Umpire - Ryan Blakney
Third Base Umpire - Nick Mahrley

Anthony Kay earns first MLB win since 2021 as White Sox shut out Royals 2-0

— Anthony Kay allowed three hits in 5 2/3 innings to pick up his first major league victory since July 2021 as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Thursday night.

Apr 9, 2026, 10:38 pm - AP


CHW
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

Scoring Summary

Inning				CHW	KC
		4th	Montgomery doubled to right, Murakami scored.	1	0
		7th	Acuña hit sacrifice fly to right, Benintendi scored, Harris to third.	2	0

Data is currently unavailable.

OpenMLTotalRL

Chicago White SoxWhite SoxCHW

(5-8)

(5-8, 2-5 Away)

(5-8)

Anthony Kay

(10-9, 4.44)

-120

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(5-8)

(5-8, 3-4 Home)

(5-8)

Seth Lugo

(7-9, 5.17)

-175

White Sox
2
Royals
0

Game 1

4/9

White Sox
0
Royals
2

Game 2

4/10

White Sox
0
Royals
2

Game 3

4/11

White Sox
6
Royals
5

Game 4

4/12

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

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Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

Anthony Kay earns first MLB win since 2021 as White Sox shut out Royals 2-0

A. Kay1-0

S. Lugo1-1

S. Dominguez2

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