The Kansas City Royals ran their record to 77-73 with their 8-3 win on Monday afternoon. They pulled within 4.5 games of Toronto for the AL’s second wild card pending the results their game against the Mariners in Seattle Monday night.
The Chicago and Kansas City hitters swapped home runs on Monday. However, the White Sox hit three solo shots while the Royals countered with a three-run shot from Kendrys Morales and solo dingers from Alcides Escobar and Paulo Orlando.
Aside from the bombs, Kansas City hitters stroked 12 hits, took one walk, and plated 8 runs on Monday.