White Sox Edge Royals, 7-6
Matt Davidson drove in three runs with his 26th homer and a double.
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Matt Davidson drove in three runs with his 26th homer and a double.
Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia drove in runs in the ninth inning.
Brandon Moss' grand slam in the first inning was all the offense Kansas City needed.
Abreu had four hits, and Adam Engel hit a three-run homer.
Merrifield hit a three-run homer and drove in a career-high five runs.
Cabrera fell behind 1-2 in the count and homered on the ninth pitch, his third home run since the trade and 16th this season.
Reynaldo Lopez pitched six strong innings in his White Sox debut in the 6-3 win.
In return, Chicago received 22-year-old right-hander A.J. Puckett and 23-year-old left-hander Andre Davis.
Whit Merrifield, Jorge Bonifacio and Eric Hosmer hit consecutive home runs off Derek Holland in the fourth inning.
Mike Moustakas homered twice, and Salvador Perez, Brandon Moss and Jorge Bonifacio also went deep.
Alex Gordon had three hits and drove in three Royals runs.
Derek Holland scattered three hits while pitching into the seventh inning, and Jose Abreu and Matt Davidson homered.
Derek Holland opposes Ian Kennedy this afternoon at Kauffman Stadium.
Mike Pelfrey (0-2) kept the White Sox in it until the sixth, when he gave up a single, double and triple in succession.
Mike Pelfrey opposes Nathan Karns tonight at Kauffman Stadium.
Yolmer Sanchez had three hits and Avisail Garcia and Geovany Soto each had two to lead Chicago's offense.
Jose Quintana opposes Danny Duffy tonight at Kauffman Stadium.
Left-hander Jason Vargas (4-1) allowed one run on five hits and three walks over six innings to pick up the win.
Dylan Covey opposes Jason Vargas tonight at Kauffman Stadium.
Avisail Garcia's two-run homer in the sixth inning helped spark the White Sox to a 5-2 win.
Nathan Karns opposes Jose Quintana at Guaranteed Rate Field this afternoon.
Todd Frazier drove in three runs, and Leury Garcia had three hits.
Danny Duffy opposes Dylan Covey tonight at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Davidson had two hits and three RBIs in an eight-run sixth, Chicago's highest-scoring inning in five years.
Jason Vargas opposes Miguel Gonzalez tonight at Guaranteed Rate Field.
