Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox
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Perez leads Royals to 12-1 rout of White Sox and moves into 3rd place on franchise RBI list
Perez’s double gave him 993 RBI — one more than Amos Otis for third place in Royals history. Next on the list is Hal McRae with 1,012. George Brett leads with 1,596.
Ryan Bergert (2-1) pitched a season-high six innings, allowing one run and six hits for his first win in five starts with Kansas City. Jonathan Bowlan, Angel Zerpa and Daniel Lynch IV finished with a scoreless inning apiece.
Perez tied it at 1 with his 23rd homer when he connected off Aaron Civale (3-9). Bobby Witt Jr. chased Civale with a two-out, two-run single and Vinnie Pasquantino greeted Tyler Gilbert with a two-run single for a 5-1 lead. Adam Frazier doubled in Perez for an 8-1 advantage.
Mike Yastrzemski hit his 14th homer — a three-run shot off Gilbert in the sixth to make it 11-1. Yastrzemski doubled and scored on Maikel Garcia's single in the eighth. Witt went 2 for 4 to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.
Andrew Benintendi hit his 15th home run in the Chicago fourth. The drive came on a pitch 1.02 feet above the ground, the lowest pitch he's homered on in his career, according to MLB Statcast.
Civale gave up five runs in 4 2/3 innings. Gilbert retired one batter and allowed six runs.
White Sox RHP Davis Martin (5-9, 3.93 ERA) starts Thursday at home in the opener of a four-game series against RHP Will Warren (7-6, 4.47) and the Yankees.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Robertson grounded out to first. |
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9th Inning | M. Taylor struck out looking. |
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9th Inning | Baldwin grounded out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | India at second base. |
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9th Inning | Frazier at third base. |
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9th Inning | Lynch IV relieved Garcia |
Statistics
 KC |
 CHW |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 12 | Ground Balls | 11 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 12 | Runs Batted In | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 16 | Hits | 7 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 4 | Walks | 3 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 12 | Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 42 | At Bats | 34 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 13 | Runners Left On Base | 17 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 5 | Doubles | 0 |
| 25 | Fly Balls | 18 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 171 | Pitches | 140 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 27 | Total Bases | 10 |
| 46 | Plate Appearances | 37 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 7 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
| 10.9 | Runs Created | 2.8 |
| .381 | Batting Average | .206 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .643 | Slugging Percentage | .294 |
| .357 | Secondary Average | .176 |
| .435 | On Base Percentage | .270 |
| 1.078 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .564 |
| 0.5 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.6 |
| 11.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 2.8 |
| 80.0 | Batter Rating | 14.0 |
| 21.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 34.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.72 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.78 |
| .262 | Isolated Power | .088 |
| 0.80 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.60 |
| .087 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .081 |
| -.024 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.029 |
| 24.0 | Runs Produced | 2.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.7 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
| 0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.2 |
| 119.3 | MLB Rating | 70.8 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 10,598 | Capacity:
2025 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit |
- | 60 | L2 | 0.5714286 | 80 |
| Kansas City |
9 | 68 | L2 | 0.5072464 | 70 |
 Cleveland |
10.5 | 69 | L3 | 0.49635038 | 68 |
 Minnesota |
17 | 76 | L2 | 0.44927537 | 62 |
| Chicago |
28.5 | 88 | W3 | 0.36690646 | 51 |