SB Nation Kansas City - White Sox Defeat Royals 5-4 Via Walk-Off Balk Callhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48935/kc-fave.png2011-07-04T21:02:48-05:00http://kansascity.sbnation.com/rss/stream/20229302011-07-04T21:02:48-05:002011-07-04T21:02:48-05:00White Sox Defeat Royals 5-4 Via Walk-Off Balk Call
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<p>Hard to put Monday evening's 4th of July loss for the <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Royals</a> to the <a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Chicago White Sox</a> into words, but it was what it was, a 5-4 White Sox win.</p>
<p>Coming off of an impressive 16-8 win over the <a href="https://www.purplerow.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Rockies</a> on Sunday to avoid being swept, Kansas City got out to an early 2-0 lead as <span>Jeff Francoeur</span> hit his 12th home run of the season in the first inning after <span>Melky Cabrera</span> had singled. </p>
<p>Kansas City had a 3-0 lead, before the White Sox came back to tie and take a 4-3 lead in the eighth inning facing Royals reliever <span>Aaron Crow</span>, who had been named to the American League All-Star team on Saturday. With one on and no one out in the bottom of the eighth, <span>Adam Dunn</span> went deep for his eighth home run of the season.</p>
<p>The Royals tied the game in the top of the ninth when <span>Eric Hosmer</span> his his seventh home run of the season on the first pitch he saw facing <span>Sergio Santos</span> to tie the game.</p>
<p>In the bottom of the ninth, with two on and two out, home plate upmire Ed Rapuano called a balk on Crow to give the White Sox the balk-off victory.</p>
<p>Kansas City falls to 34-50, while Chicago improves their record to 43-43 overall. Santos picked up the win to even his record at 3-3, while Crow is 2-2 after taking the loss. A full boxscore can be viewed <a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_07_04_kcamlb_chamlb_1&mode=box&c_id=kc">here</a>.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/2011/7/4/2337482/white-sox-defeat-royals-5-4-via-walk-off-balk-callMatthew Hays