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September 22, 2026 · AL Cent

Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals

September 22, 2026Kauffman StadiumPartly Cloudy 73°F · 5 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
81-76
14
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
67-90
11

Game Highlights

Published September 22, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Chase Meidroth Chase Meidroth singles on a line drive to left fielder Nick Loftin. Tommy Pham scores. Randal Grichuk scores. Munetaka Murakami to 2nd. CWS 2, KC 0
T2 Brenton Doyle Brenton Doyle homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. CWS 3, KC 0
T3 Chase Meidroth Chase Meidroth homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. Randal Grichuk scores. Munetaka Murakami scores. CWS 6, KC 0
B3 Nick Loftin Nick Loftin homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. CWS 6, KC 1
T4 Randal Grichuk Randal Grichuk homers (14) on a fly ball to center field. Miguel Vargas scores. Tommy Pham scores. CWS 9, KC 1
B4 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Randal Grichuk. Maikel Garcia scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 2nd. CWS 9, KC 2
B4 Nick Loftin Nick Loftin grounds out, second baseman Chase Meidroth to first baseman Munetaka Murakami. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd. CWS 9, KC 3
B5 Maikel Garcia Maikel Garcia grounds out, second baseman Chase Meidroth to first baseman Munetaka Murakami. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 2nd. CWS 9, KC 4
T7 Munetaka Murakami Munetaka Murakami homers (33) on a fly ball to right field. Randal Grichuk scores. CWS 11, KC 4
T7 Miguel Vargas Miguel Vargas walks. Chase Meidroth scores. Brenton Doyle to 3rd. Braden Montgomery to 2nd. CWS 12, KC 4
T7 Andrew Benintendi Andrew Benintendi singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Brenton Doyle scores. Braden Montgomery scores. Miguel Vargas to 3rd. CWS 14, KC 4
B8 Vinnie Pasquantino White Sox challenged (fair or foul in outfield), call on the field was upheld: Vinnie Pasquantino doubles (19) on a line drive to right fielder Braden Montgomery. Jac Caglianone scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd. CWS 14, KC 5
B8 Josh Rojas Josh Rojas out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Randal Grichuk. Maikel Garcia scores. CWS 14, KC 6
B8 Michael Massey Michael Massey hits a ground-rule double (25) on a fly ball to left field. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. CWS 14, KC 7
B9 Vinnie Pasquantino Vinnie Pasquantino hits a grand slam (15) to right center field. Tyler Tolbert scores. Jac Caglianone scores. Maikel Garcia scores. CWS 14, KC 11

Box score

  123456789 R
CWS 213300500 14
KC 001210034 11

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

White Sox AWAY 14

Anthony Kay started for White Sox, leaving with a 9–3 lead. Out of the bullpen, Luis Castillo took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Anthony Kay Starter 4.0 65 4 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Anthony Kay threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 80% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 25 38% 5 3 3 11 3
    Sinker 22 34% 0 7 5 4 6
    Cutter 6 9% 1 0 1 2 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 5 8% 1 0 2 0 2
    Changeup 5 8% 0 1 0 4 0
    Slider 2 3% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Noah Schultz Reliever 2.0 23 0 1 W inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Huascar Brazobán Middle 1.0 14 0 0
  • Trevor Richards Middle 1.0 23 3 1
  • Luis Castillo Reliever 1.0 20 4 0
Royals HOME 11

Daniel Lynch IV started for Royals, leaving trailing 1–9. Out of the bullpen, Tony Gonsolin took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Daniel Lynch IV Starter 4.0 78 9 2 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Daniel Lynch IV threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 68% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 23 29% 0 6 5 8 4
    Changeup 17 22% 1 2 2 8 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 15 19% 1 3 3 5 3
    Slider 12 15% 0 2 2 6 2
    Knuckle Curve 11 14% 1 3 1 3 3
  • Tony Gonsolin Middle 2.2 63 5 5
  • Nolan Hoffman Setup 1.1 17 0 3 inherited 3, 2 scored
  • Alex Lange Middle 1.0 10 0 2

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 1st · off IV
  • Meidroth 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · CWS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Luisangel Acuña SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 .259 .260 .519
Andrew Benintendi DH 2 0 1 2 0 1 .243 .302 .414 .716
Randal Grichuk LF 5 4 4 3 0 1 .292 .318 .573 .891 HR (14), 2 2B
Munetaka Murakami 1B 3 2 1 2 1 1 .203 .348 .469 .817 HR (33)
Chase Meidroth 2B 4 2 3 5 1 0 .271 .347 .409 .756 HR (16)
Kyle Teel C 4 0 0 0 1 2 .178 .302 .318 .620
Brenton Doyle CF 5 2 2 1 0 1 .233 .276 .337 .613 HR (4)
Colson Montgomery 3B 5 0 0 0 0 3 .203 .290 .416 .706
Tristan Peters RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 .343 .450 .793
Miguel Vargas 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 .251 .363 .481 .844
Tommy Pham DH 1 2 0 0 2 0 .125 .276 .250 .526
Braden Montgomery RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .212 .305 .340 .645
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carter Jensen C 4 1 1 0 0 1 .233 .320 .452 .772
Tyler Tolbert SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 .294 .357 .405 .762
Jac Caglianone RF 5 2 2 0 0 1 .283 .336 .487 .823 2B
Maikel Garcia 3B 2 3 0 1 3 0 .256 .317 .369 .686
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 5 3 3 5 0 0 .249 .333 .418 .751 HR (15), 2B
Josh Rojas DH 1 0 0 1 0 0 .238 .278 .337 .615
Michael Massey 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 .273 .306 .436 .742 2B
Nick Loftin LF 4 1 1 2 0 0 .240 .323 .387 .710 HR (8)
Kyle Isbel CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .215 .260 .317 .577
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 3 0 0 0 .283 .362 .444 .806 2B
Salvador Perez DH 3 0 1 1 0 1 .228 .271 .374 .645

Pitching lines

AWAY · CWS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Anthony Kay 4.0 7 4 4 1 4 1 65 4.53
Noah Schultz 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 5.58 W
Huascar Brazobán 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.06
Trevor Richards 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 23 3.78
Luis Castillo 1.0 3 4 4 1 0 1 20 5.85
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Daniel Lynch IV 4.0 7 9 9 3 2 3 78 4.13 L
Tony Gonsolin 2.2 4 5 5 3 5 1 63 16.88
Nolan Hoffman 1.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 17 3.46
Alex Lange 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 5.98

Manager comparison

AWAY · CWS
Will Venable
Will Venable
Lineup 6.1 R Bunts 3.4 R IBBs 4.0 R
HOME · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 4.7 R Bunts 3.3 R IBBs 2.5 R

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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