Box score: Royals 9, White Sox 1
Royals 9, White Sox 1
| Kansas City | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Teahen rf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .249 |
| Aviles ss-2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .309 |
| DeJesus lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .304 |
| Butler dh | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Grudzielanek 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 |
| 1-Pena Jr. pr-ss | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 |
| Gordon 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .251 |
| Gload 1b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Buck c | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| Gathright cf | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 |
| Totals | 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | |
| Chicago | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| OCabrera ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| a-Uribe ph-ss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 |
| Pierzynski c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .283 |
| b-BAnderson ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Quentin lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 |
| Wise lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .341 |
| Dye rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .309 |
| 2-THall pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Thome dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Konerko 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Swisher cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| Crede 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| AlRamirez 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Totals | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Kansas City | 000 | 030 | 060 | — | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago | 000 | 001 | 000 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
a-grounded into fielder’s choice for Cabrera in the 8th. b-struck out for Pierzynski in the 9th.1-ran for Grudzielanek in the 8th. 2-ran for Dye in the 9th.
E: Crede (19).
LOB: Kansas City 7, Chicago 4.
2B: Aviles (13), Gordon (23), Crede (17).
3B: AlRamirez (1).
HR: Butler (4), off Masset; Buck (6), off GFloyd.
RBIs: Aviles 3 (24), Butler 3 (26), Buck 3 (31), OCabrera (41).
SB: DeJesus (8), Gordon (4), Gathright (20).
SF: OCabrera.
Runners left in scoring position: Kansas City 4 (DeJesus, Butler, Grudzielanek, Gathright); Chicago 2 (OCabrera, Konerko).
Runners moved up: Teahen, Thome.
| Kansas City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Meche W, 7-9 | 6 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 91 | 4.55 |
| Mahay | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1.81 |
| RRamirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.76 |
| HRamirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1.38 |
| Chicago | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| GFloyd L, 10-6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 100 | 3.52 |
| Logan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3.18 |
| Masset | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4.14 |
| Russell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5.59 |
Mahay pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Logan pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Masset pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.
Inherited runners-scored: Mahay 1-0, RRamirez 1-0, Masset 1-1, Russell 2-2.
IBB: off GFloyd (Dejesus) 1.
HBP: by HRamirez (Dye).
Hold: Mahay (15).
WP: GFloyd, Masset.
Umpires: Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Mike Reilly; Second, Bob Davidson; Third, Alfonso Marquez.
Time: 2:51.
Attendance: 36,566.
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