In a span of 13 minutes at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday night, the Royals went from clinging to a one-run lead over the White Sox in the seventh inning to trailing by six in what became a 9-3 loss.
Royals reliever Jason Adam — who entered the game for Tim Hill after the first batters of the inning reached on a single and an error by Alcides Escobar — threw a first-pitch fastball to White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu that Abreu crushed for a three-run homer to give the White Sox a 5-3 lead.
Then, after striking out Matt Davidson, Adam sandwiched a walk between singles from Leury Garcia and Tim Anderson.