White Sox knock off Royals 9-2 to sweep series
(KANSAS CITY) – Nick Madrigal was starting to lose sleep after two frustrating games without his first big league hit. Once the top prospect finally got it, they kept right on coming. Madrigal followed his first career hit with three more on Sunday, pacing the Chicago White Sox to a 9-2 romp over the Kansas City Royals. The 23 year old infielder had a pair of hits in a seven-run seventh inning, when he scored the go-ahead run and had his first career RBI, and barely missed out on a 5-for-5 day on a ground ball in the ninth inning. Yasmani Grandal added three RBI and Nicky Delmonico had two in support of right-hander Dylan Cease (1-1), who gave up a homer to Alex Gordon in the third inning but otherwise steered clear of trouble. Cease wound up allowing two runs and five hits over six innings in a solid bounce-back performance from a miserable start in Detroit. Scott Barlow (1-1) took the loss for the Royals, who wound up getting swept.

OTHER A.L. SCORES
Baltimore 5 – Tampa Bay 1
Minnesota 3 – Cleveland 1
Houston 6 – LA Angels 5 (11 innings)
Oakland 3 – Seattle 2
NY Yankees 9 – Boston 7