Freddy Fermin smacked a two-run home run among his four hits and Salvador Perez had three hits and two RBIs as the visiting Kansas City Royals routed the Chicago White Sox 10-3 on Wednesday to cap a three-game series sweep.
Brady Singer pitched seven strong innings to earn the win for the Royals.
Chicago stumbled to its franchise-worst 17th consecutive defeat while suffering a sweep for the 17th time this season.
Kansas City, which finished 12-1 against Chicago this year, swept three of the four series between the clubs.
The Royals rolled behind a persistent attack to take Wednesday’s matinee, providing ample support for Singer (8-6), who allowed three runs and six hits to go along with four strikeouts. Kansas City pitchers issued zero walks in the game.
The Royals outhit the White Sox 16-6. Maikel Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino also had multi-hit games. Pasquantino and Fermin drove in three runs apiece.
Pasquantino opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first inning before Fermin added to Kansas City’s advantage with his blast off White Sox starter Drew Thorpe in the second.
The White Sox responded in the bottom of the second, as four of the first five batters of the inning reached base against Singer. Andrew Benintendi (two hits) lined a two-run double to right to get Chicago on the board and later scored on Dominic Fletcher’s single, tying the game at 3.
Kansas City wasted little time taking back the lead. Witt worked a walk leading off the third, stole second base and scored on Perez’s one-out single.
Witt stretched his hitting streak to 13 games and had his 46th multi-hit game of the season.
The Royals added a pair of insurance runs in the fifth on a Perez RBI double and a sacrifice fly from Hunter Renfroe. They collected four runs and six hits in the ninth, with Pasquantino’s two-run homer against Sammy Peralta headlining the outburst.
Thorpe (3-3) lost his second straight start after pitching six shutout innings in a no-decision at Kansas City on July 21. On Wednesday, the rookie allowed six runs and a career-high seven hits in five innings. He walked two and did not record a strikeout.
Chicago fell to 57 games below .500.
–Field Level Media
