Jarred Kelenic and Colson Montgomery helped the White Sox beat the Royals 6-5 Wednesday for their fourth straight win.
A two-run double and a late charge from Kansas City weren’t enough to slow the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night, as Jarred Kelenic and Colson Montgomery powered a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals.
Kelenic finished with two hits and two RBIs. and Montgomery delivered a three-hit performance that included a home run. helping Chicago secure its fourth straight victory.. The White Sox closed the game with a record of 15-8 over their last 23 games. a stretch that has pushed the club back toward consistency.
With the win, Chicago reached .500 for the first time since a 2-2 start on March 31, 2025. The milestone underscored how important each game has become as the season has progressed and how quickly form can swing in Major League Baseball.
Kansas City, meanwhile, entered the night knowing it could not afford repeated setbacks. The Royals finished with five hits and suffered their fifth loss in seven games as Seth Lugo allowed five runs and eight hits over five innings, leaving his team to chase the deficit late.
The game opened with Chicago building a lead, taking a 3-0 advantage before the Royals responded. In the fourth inning, the momentum shifted when Noah Schultz walked the bases loaded, and Nick Loftin followed with a sacrifice fly to bring in a run.
Kansas City added more in that same rally when Vinnie Pasquantino lifted a shallow fly ball that dropped between fielders. bouncing off the glove of a diving Sam Antonacci in left-center for a two-run single.. That sequence tightened the scoreline, turning a comfortable White Sox advantage into a more precarious situation.
Chicago answered in the fifth, restoring separation with two runs. With two outs and runners on first and second, Kelenic drove a ball to right for a two-run double, a timely hit that pushed the lead back to 6-3.
Montgomery then extended the margin in the seventh, launching his 11th home run. Leading off the inning, he sent a 399-foot drive to right on the first pitch of the game from John Schreiber, making it 6-3 and putting the Royals under more pressure.
Even so, the Royals kept fighting. Kansas City reached base with runners on the corners and none out in the seventh, but Jordan Hicks worked his way out of trouble. He struck out Maikel Garcia, then followed by retiring Bobby Witt Jr. and Lane Thomas, helping Chicago preserve its lead.
In the ninth, the Royals threatened again. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run homer off Seranthony Domínguez with two outs, trimming the deficit and setting up a tense finish. Domínguez ultimately held, striking out pinch-hitter Jac Caglianone to earn his 10th save in 12 chances.
Tyler Davis earned the win after pitching 1 2/3 scoreless innings, marking his first major league victory. For Chicago, that scoreless work added another layer to a pitching effort that helped blunt Kansas City’s late rallies.
Looking ahead, Kansas City will turn to Kris Bubic (3-1, 3.50 ERA) on Thursday, while Chicago counters with left-hander Anthony Kay (2-1, 4.89) in the series finale.
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Montgomery is gonna be a star i been saying this
Wait so they finally hit .500 and people acting like they won the world series lol its literally breaking even calm down. Still not sold on this team tbh they could easily fall right back off like they did earlier in the season.
I thought the Royals were supposed to be really good this year like they had all those new guys and now they losing to the White Sox which is honestly embarrassing no offense. Seth Lugo giving up 5 runs is why they should never have let their old pitching staff go, this is what happens when you just spend money on random free agents and dont build from within. My buddy who lives in Kansas City says people out there are real frustrated and honestly I get it the whole rotation seems off not just Lugo.
ok but can we talk about that Antonacci drop like that ball literally fell right off his glove and cost them two runs, if Chicago had lost this game that would of been the whole story. ive seen so many games get flipped by stuff like that its honestly wild how one little play changes everything. defense wins championships or whatever but it also loses games lol. anyway good win for chicago i guess even though i dont really follow them that much i just saw the highlights and clicked.