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Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

2025-08-15 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 20829 · 91°F, sunny · Wind 10 mph R to L · 2:17

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago White Sox 3–1. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Maikel Garcia singles on a line drive to center fielder Luis Robert Jr. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Lenyn Sosa lines into a double play, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Jonathan India. Colson Montgomery out at 2nd — worth 24% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — hanat901 (M): Obstruction non-call.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
KCA	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		3	8

W: Noah Cameron L: Aaron Civale SV: Carlos Estevez

Umpires — HP: Todd Tichenor · 1B: Adam Hamari · 2B: Tom Hanahan · 3B: Nestor Ceja · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Miguel Vargas	4	0	2	0	0	0
Curtis Mead	2	0	1	0	1	0
Luis Robert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Colson Montgomery	4	0	1	0	0	1
Edgar Quero	3	0	1	0	1	1
Lenyn Sosa	4	1	1	1	0	1
Mike Tauchman	3	0	0	0	0	2
Chase Meidroth	3	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Taylor	3	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew Benintendi	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Yastrzemski	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Witt	4	1	2	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino	4	0	1	0	0	1
Maikel Garcia	4	0	1	1	0	2
Salvador Perez	3	2	2	1	0	0
Adam Frazier	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jonathan India	2	0	0	0	1	1
Nick Loftin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel	3	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Aaron Civale	6.0	8	1	3
Brandon Eisert	1.0	0	0	1
Steven Wilson	1.0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Noah Cameron	5.1	6	2	2
John Schreiber	0.2	0	0	0
Angel Zerpa	1.0	0	0	2
Lucas Erceg	1.0	1	0	0
Carlos Estevez	1.0	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Miguel Vargas: S67/G56
Curtis Mead: 9/F9LD.1-2
Luis Robert: 63/G6
Colson Montgomery: 8/F78XD+

Bot 1

Mike Yastrzemski: 9/L89
Bobby Witt: S7/L78
Vinnie Pasquantino: S9/L9S.1-2
Maikel Garcia: S8/L8.2-H;1-2
Salvador Perez: 8/F8XD
Adam Frazier: 9/L9D

Top 2

Edgar Quero: S14/G6M
Lenyn Sosa: 9/F9D
Mike Tauchman: K
Chase Meidroth: 46(1)/FO/G4.B-1

Bot 2

Jonathan India: W
Nick Loftin: 9/F9S
Kyle Isbel: 46(1)3/GDP/G34

Top 3

Michael Taylor: 9/F9D
Miguel Vargas: S39/G34.BX2(96)
Curtis Mead: W
Luis Robert: 43/G34

Bot 3

Mike Yastrzemski: 8/F8XD+
Bobby Witt: D9/F89XD+
Vinnie Pasquantino: 9/F89D.2-3
Maikel Garcia: K

Top 4

Colson Montgomery: 43/G4
Edgar Quero: 53/G56
Lenyn Sosa: HR/F7LD
Mike Tauchman: K

Bot 4

Salvador Perez: HR/F9LD
Adam Frazier: 9/F9D
Jonathan India: K
Nick Loftin: 63/G6

Top 5

Chase Meidroth: 43/G4S
Michael Taylor: 6/L6+
Miguel Vargas: 13/G1S-

Bot 5

Kyle Isbel: S2/G2-
Mike Yastrzemski: CS2(26)
Mike Yastrzemski: K
Bobby Witt: 63/G6

Top 6

Curtis Mead: S7/L7S+
Luis Robert: 7/F7D
Colson Montgomery: S8/L8S.1-3
Edgar Quero: W.1-2
Lenyn Sosa: 6/L6/DP.2X2(64)

Bot 6

Vinnie Pasquantino: 43/G4
Maikel Garcia: 53/G5
Salvador Perez: D7/F7D+
Adam Frazier: D9/L9L+.2-H
Jonathan India: 8/F8

Top 7

Mike Tauchman: 63/G6M
Chase Meidroth: K
Michael Taylor: K

Bot 7

Nick Loftin: 63/G6
Kyle Isbel: 8/F89S
Mike Yastrzemski: K

Top 8

Miguel Vargas: 13/G13
Andrew Benintendi: S7/G6
Luis Robert: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 8

Bobby Witt: 43/G34D
Vinnie Pasquantino: K
Maikel Garcia: K

Top 9

Colson Montgomery: K
Edgar Quero: K
Lenyn Sosa: K

Notes & reviews

White Sox challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld.
Royals manager Matt Quatraro ejected by 2B umpire Tom Hanahan for arguing obstruction should have been called on SS Colson Montgomery for blocking 2nd base.

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