Kansas City’s offense roughed up Lance Lynn while the pitching shut down Chicago’s bats as the Royals cruised to a 9-1 victory over the White Sox.
Brad Keller began his outing by walking Tim Anderson, who has a career 3.6% walk rate, and then walked Andrew Benintendi on four pitches. After a mound visit, he managed to coax a double play out of Andrew Vaughn and then strike out Luis Robert to end the inning. That’s when the fun began.
The Royals jumped on Lance Lynn right off the bat. After Bobby Witt Jr. flew out on the first pitch, Vinnie Pasquantino smoked a double down the right field line and Salvador Perez - celebrating his birthday - traded places with him on a double down the other line.