Royals finish 0-7 road trip with 5-2 loss to White Sox
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}CHICAGO -- Avisail Garcia and Leury Garcia homered to back run-starved starter Jose Quintana and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
Chicago won its fourth straight, while Kansas City dropped every game on a seven-game trip.
Quintana (1-4) got the offensive support he needed after receiving only four runs in his first four starts combined. The left-hander had a season-high 10 strikeouts in six innings. He allowed five hits and two runs -- one earned -- and walked two.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Avisail Garcia's two-run homer, his fourth of the season, went to deep center field in the sixth inning to give Chicago a 4-2 lead. Leury Garcia put a line drive over the fence in right to close the scoring in the seventh.
Chicago's Jose Abreu and Todd Frazier had consecutive two-out RBI doubles to open the scoring the first inning.
Abreu left the game with an injury after flubbing a slow ground ball in the fifth inning. The first baseman was moving to his right for Cheslor Cuthbert's ground ball, but dropped it and had to leave the game with a mild right hip flexor strain.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Abreu had two doubles early for his fourth straight multi-hit game. He will be re-evaluated in Detroit ahead of Friday's game.
The error resulted in an unearned run on Quintana, with Jorge Bonifacio scoring Alcides Escobar on an RBI single to make it 2-1.
The Royals tied it at 2 in the sixth on Escobar's groundout after Alex Gordon advanced to third on two wild pitches.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}White Sox relievers Dan Jennings, Tommy Kahnle, Nate Jones and David Robertson combined for three scoreless innings, with Robertson converting his fifth save in five tries.
Right-hander Nathan Karns (0-2) took the loss, allowing four runs in six innings.
The teams will meet again for a four-game series starting Monday in Kansas City.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals: No Royals have gone on the DL since opening day. OF Jorge Soler (strained left oblique) is on a rehab assignment in Triple-A Omaha. He was injured in spring training.
White Sox: RHP Juan Minaya was activated from his rehab assignment and optioned to Triple-A Charlotte. He was suffering from a strained right abdominal muscle.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Ian Kennedy (0-2, 2.08 ERA) will open a three-game home series on Friday against Minnesota and RHP Kyle Gibson (0-3, 9.00).