{"id":1934,"date":"2026-05-14T06:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/white-sox-reach-elusive-500-mark-take-down-royals\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:01:51","slug":"white-sox-reach-elusive-500-mark-take-down-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/white-sox-reach-elusive-500-mark-take-down-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox reach elusive .500 mark, take down Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Colson Montgomery went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and Jarred Kelenic had two hits and two RBIs to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/shohei-ohtani-holds-giants-scoreless-dodgers-bats-heat-up-to-snap-losing-streak\/\">Shohei Ohtani holds Giants scoreless, Dodgers\u2019 bats heat up to snap losing streak<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Reaching the .500 mark for the first time since March 31, 2025, Chicago won its fourth straight while sending Kansas City to its fifth loss in seven games.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth for the Royals, but Seranthony Dominguez struck out pinch hitter Jac Caglianone to end the game and earn his 10th save.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The White Sox collected hits against Royals starter Seth Lugo (1-3) in each of his five innings. After squandering a pair of singles in the first, the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the second as Tristan Peters delivered an RBI double and Drew Romo notched an RBI on a grounder that first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino misplayed for an error.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Chase Meidroth drove in a run on a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 in the third.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Kansas City rallied against Chicago starter Noah Schultz to tie the game with a three-run fourth. 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All Rights Reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>May 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colson Montgomery went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and Jarred Kelenic had two hits and two RBIs to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 victory against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>White Sox reach elusive .500 mark, take down Royals - San Diego Relocation News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/white-sox-reach-elusive-500-mark-take-down-royals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White Sox reach elusive .500 mark, take down Royals - 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