After dropping the first game of what would technically be termed a doubleheader—said first game was the completion of the previous night’s rain-shortened contest—the Kansas City Royals struck early. Alex Gordon drove in Whit Merrifield and Adalberto Mondesi with a glorious home run to give the Royals an immediate 3-0 lead. Unfortunately, the Royals’ bats fell silent thereafter, and the Chicago White Sox were able to scrape four runs together to beat the Royals 4-3.
Gordon’s homer was a fantastic one. It leapt off his bat at 104.7 MPH and traveled a solid 411 feet to straightaway center.