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September 24, 2026 · AL Cent

Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals

September 24, 2026Kauffman StadiumPartly Cloudy 72°F · 4 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
82-77
9
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
68-91
1

Game Highlights

Published September 24, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Miguel Vargas Miguel Vargas singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Sam Antonacci scores. Kyle Teel to 3rd. CWS 1, KC 0
T1 Andrew Benintendi Andrew Benintendi out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Kyle Teel scores. CWS 2, KC 0
T1 Tristan Peters Tristan Peters singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Miguel Vargas scores. CWS 3, KC 0
T2 Kyle Teel Kyle Teel hit by pitch. CWS 4, KC 0
T2 Miguel Vargas Miguel Vargas singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder John Rave. Sam Antonacci scores. Kyle Teel to 3rd. CWS 5, KC 0
T2 Munetaka Murakami Munetaka Murakami grounds into a force out, second baseman Michael Massey to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Kyle Teel scores. Miguel Vargas out at 2nd. Munetaka Murakami to 1st. CWS 6, KC 0
T4 Kyle Teel Kyle Teel homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. CWS 7, KC 0
T4 Tristan Peters Tristan Peters grounds into a force out, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Miguel Vargas scores. Munetaka Murakami to 3rd. Andrew Benintendi out at 2nd. Tristan Peters to 1st. CWS 8, KC 0
B4 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez homers (20) on a line drive to left center field. CWS 8, KC 1
T5 Andrew Benintendi Andrew Benintendi walks. Sam Antonacci scores. Kyle Teel to 3rd. Munetaka Murakami to 2nd. CWS 9, KC 1

Box score

  123456789 R
CWS 330210000 9
KC 000100000 1

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 9

David Sandlin started for White Sox, leaving with a 9–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • David Sandlin Starter 6.0 85 1 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what David Sandlin threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 27 32% 4 4 4 10 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 26 31% 2 6 5 9 4
    Curveball 13 15% 1 3 4 2 3
    Sinker 9 11% 0 3 2 2 2
    Cutter 8 9% 3 1 2 1 1
    Changeup 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Huascar Brazobán Middle 1.0 16 0 2
  • Tyler Davis Middle 1.0 15 0 1
  • Trevor Richards Middle 1.0 18 0 0
Royals HOME 1

Royals opened with Randy Dobnak, then turned the bulk of the game over to Anthony Gose. Out of the bullpen, Alex Lange took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Randy Dobnak Opener 1.1 42 6 1 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Randy Dobnak threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 62% 3.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 14 33% 0 2 3 4 5
    Changeup 14 33% 3 0 2 5 4
    Sweeper 6 14% 0 3 0 3 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 5 12% 0 1 2 1 1
    Slider 3 7% 1 0 0 2 0
  • Anthony Gose Bulk 1.2 28 0 3 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Alex Lange Middle 1.0 20 2 1
  • Jose Cuas Setup 2.0 42 1 2
  • Spencer Bivens Middle 2.0 32 0 4
  • Nolan Hoffman Setup 1.0 16 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Dobnak
  • Vargas 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CWS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Sam Antonacci 2B 5 3 2 0 1 0 .271 .365 .390 .755
Kyle Teel C 2 3 2 1 1 0 .196 .333 .357 .690 HR (5)
Miguel Vargas 3B 5 2 2 2 1 3 .252 .363 .479 .842 SB
Munetaka Murakami 1B 4 0 1 1 1 2 .204 .348 .467 .815
Andrew Benintendi DH 2 0 0 2 2 2 .241 .302 .410 .712
Tristan Peters LF 5 0 1 2 0 1 .269 .341 .444 .785
Brenton Doyle CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .230 .273 .333 .606
Luisangel Acuña SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .258 .259 .517
Braden Montgomery RF 5 1 2 0 0 1 .222 .311 .349 .660 2B
Chase Meidroth 2B 3 0 2 0 0 1 .275 .350 .413 .763 2B
Colson Montgomery SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .286 .410 .696
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282 .360 .443 .803 2B
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .329 .415 .744
Salvador Perez DH 3 1 1 1 1 1 .228 .272 .378 .650 HR (20)
Michael Massey 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .305 .432 .737
Nick Loftin 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .240 .322 .388 .710 2B
John Rave RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .230 .311 .437 .748 2B
Kyle Isbel CF 3 0 2 0 0 1 .220 .264 .321 .585
Isaac Collins LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .321 .324 .645
Carter Jensen C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 .320 .451 .771

Pitching lines

AWAY · CWS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
David Sandlin 6.0 5 1 1 0 7 1 85 5.58 W
Huascar Brazobán 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 3.02
Tyler Davis 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 3.41
Trevor Richards 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 3.73
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Randy Dobnak 1.1 6 6 4 1 1 0 42 3.51 L
Anthony Gose 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 0.00
Alex Lange 1.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 20 6.18
Jose Cuas 2.0 1 1 1 3 2 0 42 2.42
Spencer Bivens 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 32 10.29
Nolan Hoffman 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.21

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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