Royals 5, White Sox 4: Still winless in second half

Jul 23 2017 by South Side Sox

 

Whit Merrifield’s big game helps send Sox to ninth straight loss

As the old saying goes when playing the Kansas City Royals, “After Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer, Lorenzo Cain, Sal Perez and maybe Alex Gordon, you can’t let Whit Merrifield beat you.”

The White Sox paid no heed to that time-tested adage. Merrifield hit a pair of homers — including a game-tying shot in the eighth -- and made a couple of fine defensive plays, which help set up a walk-off single by Brandon Moss. The...

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