Royals vs White Sox

Final · Thu May 14 · 7:40 PM ET · Rate Field

Kansas City RoyalsRoyals19-25

FinalMay 14, 2026

Chicago White SoxWhite Sox22-21

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Closing line

US sportsbook at first pitch

Moneyline

KC−136

CHW+113

Run line

KC −1.5+130

CHW +1.5−157

Total O/U

Over 7.5−114

Under 7.5−106

Run line: White Sox +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 7.5 (8 runs).

Recap

The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 at Rate Field in Chicago on May 14, 2026 to move to 22-21.

The White Sox have won 5 straight.

Score by inning

Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox, score by inning
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
KC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
CHW	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	x	6

W: Kay (3-1) · L: Bubic (3-2) · S: Newcomb (0-0)

Scoring plays

Top 1

KCSacrifice flyThomas hit sacrifice fly to center, Garcia scored.1-0

Bottom 1

CHWHome runGrichuk homered to left center (401 feet), Murakami scored.1-2

Bottom 3

CHWSingleGrichuk singled to center, Meidroth scored and Vargas scored, Murakami to second.1-4

Bottom 4

CHWSingleMeidroth singled to center, Acuña scored.1-5

Top 7

KCGroundoutGarcia grounded out to shortstop, Isbel scored.2-5

Bottom 8

CHWSingleHill singled to center, Antonacci scored.2-6

Team stats

KCCHW

Hits: 7; 8
Home Runs: 0; 1
Runs Batted In: 2; 6
Walks: 2; 5
Strikeouts: 5; 7
Runners Left On Base: 14; 12
Errors: 0; 0

Player stats

Royals · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia 3B	1-5	5	1	1	1	0	0	21	.274	.346	.415
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	1-3	3	0	1	0	1	0	15	.306	.381	.503
Lane Thomas RF	1-2	2	0	1	1	0	0	11	.208	.351	.260
Jac Caglianone RF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.234	.305	.398
Salvador Perez C	2-4	4	0	2	0	0	1	20	.200	.239	.339
Nick Loftin 2B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	.250	.367	.375
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	9	.204	.283	.350
Starling Marte DH	1-3	3	0	1	0	1	1	19	.310	.362	.381
Isaac Collins LF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	.229	.343	.347
Kyle Isbel CF	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	2	16	.267	.325	.410

Royals · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Kris Bubic P	4.0	5	5	5	3	4	1	84-50	4.11	84
Luinder Avila P	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	33-17	5.28	33
Alex Lange P	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-8	5.23	10
Lucas Erceg P	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	15-8	3.63	15

White Sox · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Chase Meidroth 2B	2-3	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	12	.281	.349	.399
Miguel Vargas 3B	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	16	.240	.373	.467
Munetaka Murakami 1B	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	23	.227	.371	.533
Randal Grichuk LF	2-3	3	1	2	4	1	0	0	11	.234	.260	.511
Sam Antonacci PH	1-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.288	.389	.438
Tristan Peters CF	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.327	.333
Edgar Quero C	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	.151	.248	.163
Andrew Benintendi DH	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.218	.265	.339
Derek Hill LF	1-3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	19	.255	.340	.447
Luisangel Acuna SS	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	12	.181	.242	.193
Jarred Kelenic RF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.250	.351	.281

White Sox · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Anthony Kay P	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	97-62	4.61	97
Tyler Davis P	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	9-4	4.00	9
Sean Newcomb P	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	26-18	2.81	26

Game info

VenueRate Field, Chicago, IL

Attendance14,913

OfficialsHome Plate Umpire: Ben May · First Base Umpire: John Tumpane · Second Base Umpire: Chris Conroy · Third Base Umpire: Jen Pawol

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Last and next games

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White Sox

Last game: W 6-5 vs KCWed May 13
Next game: L 5-10 vs CHCFri May 15
W 6-5 vs KCTue May 12
W 2-1 vs SEASun May 10
W 6-1 vs SEASat May 9

Head to head

KC 0, CHW 2Thu Apr 9
KC 2, CHW 0Fri Apr 10
KC 2, CHW 0Sat Apr 11
KC 5, CHW 6Sun Apr 12
KC 5, CHW 6Tue May 12
KC 5, CHW 6Wed May 13

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