Salvador Perez hit a tie-breaking home run in the fourth inning, and talented rookie Noah Cameron yielded one run while pitching into the sixth, as the Kansas City Royals extended their home winning streak over the Chicago White Sox to 12 games with a 3-1 victory on Friday night.
Perez broke a 1-1 tie with his solo shot off Aaron Civale (3-8), then scored an insurance run via Adam Frazier’s double in the sixth for the Royals, who have outscored the White Sox 59-13 during the club’s longest home winning streak against any opponent.
Maikel Garcia also had a run-scoring single for Kansas City, which has won five of six at home.
Cameron (7-5), meanwhile, had his home scoreless innings streak end at 19 1/3 innings when he allowed Lenyn Sosa’s two-out homer in the fourth. The left-hander gave up five other hits over 5 1/3 innings.
Carlos Estevez struck out the side in the ninth for his 31st save.
Civale allowed three runs and eight hits over six innings for Chicago, which has lost nine of 11. The White Sox last win at Kansas City came on Sept. 6, 2023.
The Royals wasted no time getting to Civale. After Mike Yastrzemski lined out to open the bottom of the first, Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino and Garcia followed with consecutive singles for a 1-0 Kansas City lead.
Chicago tied it when Sosa cleared the left-field fence with two out in the fourth. But, Perez gave Kansas City the lead right back in the bottom of the frame when he went deep to right for an opposite-field shot.
The White Sox chased Cameron when they loaded the bases with one out in the sixth. However, John Schreiber got Sosa to line into a 6-4 inning-ending double play.
Then in the bottom of the sixth, the hosts added a run with back-to-back doubles from Perez and Adam Frazier.
Royals’ manager Matt Quatraro was ejected for arguing Kyle Isbel’s caught-stealing call in the fifth.
–Field Level Media
