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White Sox Walk-Off Royals

Luis Robert belted a three-run drive in the 10th inning that gave the Chicago White Sox a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

 

Dane Dunning threw five no-hit innings before being pulled from his second major league start, and the surging White Sox won for the 11th time in 13 games to move into a first-place tie with Cleveland in the AL Central.

 

Kansas City reliever Tyler Zuber (1-2) intentionally walked Jose Abreu to start the 10th, putting runners on first and second before James McCann struck out. Robert drove the next pitch a few feet beyond the left-field wall after being retired on two long fly balls earlier in the game. The home run was the Cuban slugger's ninth, tops among big league rookies.

 

Dunning struck out seven and allowed just one runner, when he walked Maikel Franco on a 3-2 count with one out in the third. Dunning threw 79 pitches, 45 for strikes, after being recalled from Chicago's alternate training site.

 

Abreu extended his hitting streak to 13 games, and the White Sox bounced back from a loss to take two of three from the AL Central's last-place team.

 

Yoan Moncada was held out of the lineup after he irritated the back of his left leg running the bases in the ninth on Saturday. 

 

Coming off a no-hitter against Pittsburgh, Lucas Giolito (3-2, 3.09) gets the ball as the White Sox open a three-game series at Minnesota. LHP Rich Hill (1-1, 3.55) pitches for the Twins.

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