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The White Sox, by far the best team in the American League Central, arrived at Kauffman Stadium Friday hoping to extend an already-comfortable 9.5 game lead over second place Cleveland. The fourth-place KC Royals seemed a convenient mechanism via which to accomplish that goal.
The Royals, however, weren’t accommodating. Although they lost to the Sox Saturday night, they dominated them Friday and Sunday to win a three-game series 2-1. Chicago left town with that same 9.5 game lead.
Their two victories in the last meetings between these teams until 2022 gave Kansas City a winning record (10-9) against the Sox this season and a nice way to close out a disappointing 2-4 homestand.