Royals 6-2 White Sox (Aug 16, 2025) Final Score

Kansas City Royals

62-61, 32-29 home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. TauchmanDH	0-4	0	0	0	.269
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Tauchman walked. 3rd: Tauchman grounded out to pitcher, Baldwin to second. 5th: Tauchman grounded out to pitcher. 8th: Tauchman fouled out to first. 9th: Tauchman struck out looking.
L. Sosa1B	1-3	0	0	0	.274
C. MontgomerySS	1-4	1	0	0	.234
L. Robert Jr.CF	1-3	1	0	0	.219
A. BenintendiLF	1-4	0	0	2	.226
M. Vargas3B	1-4	0	0	0	.229
K. TeelC	0-3	0	0	0	.254
C. Meidroth2B	1-4	0	0	0	.249
B. BaldwinRF	1-1	0	0	0	.225
M. TaylorPH-RF	0-2	0	0	0	.215
E. QueroPH	1-1	0	0	0	.275

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Burke	3.2	5	2	1	3	85-54	4.28
T. Alexander	2.1	5	3	1	4	51-32	4.48
M. Vasil	2.0	0	0	1	3	27-15	2.46

According to ESPN Analytics

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Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, August 16, 2025

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 28,355

Game Time:2:51

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Adam Hamari
First Base Umpire - Tom Hanahan
Second Base Umpire - Nestor Ceja
Third Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor

Rave fills in nicely for Pasquantino in Royals' 6-2 victory over the White Sox

— John Rave homered playing in place of the ailing Vinnie Pasquantino and the Kansas City Royals beat Chicago White Sox 6-2 on Saturday night to move above .500 for the first time since June 10.

Aug 16, 2025, 10:19 pm - AP


CHW
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	1
1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	-	6	10	0

D. Lynch IV5-2

2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

S. Burke4-10

3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		CHW	KC
1st	Yastrzemski homered to right center (408 feet).	0	1
2nd	Isbel reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher, Grichuk scored on throwing error by pitcher Burke, Loftin safe at second error.	0	2
3rd	Rave homered to right center (407 feet).	0	3
5th	Garcia doubled to left, Rave scored and Yastrzemski scored.	0	5
6th	Loftin singled to left, Frazier scored, Grichuk to second.	0	6
8th	Benintendi doubled to right, Robert Jr. scored and Montgomery scored.	2	6

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Betting Results

Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL

Chicago White SoxWhite SoxCHW

(44-79)

(44-79, 18-43 Away)

(44-79)

Sean Burke

(4-10, 4.28)

-110

+125

o9.5

-105

+1.5

-160

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(62-61)

(62-61, 32-29 Home)

(62-61)

Michael Lorenzen

(5-8, 4.43)

u8.5

-125

-150

u9.5

-115

-1.5

+135

White Sox
0
Royals
3

Game 1

5/5

White Sox
3
Royals
4

Game 2

5/6

White Sox
1
Royals
2

Game 3

5/7

White Sox
0
Royals
10

Game 4

5/8

White Sox
1
Royals
3

Game 5

8/15

White Sox
2
Royals
6

Game 6

8/16

White Sox
Royals

Game 7

8/17

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	73	52	.584	-	W4
Cleveland	63	59	.516	8.5	L2
Kansas City	62	61	.504	10	W2
Minnesota	57	66	.463	15	L3
Chicago	44	79	.358	28	L3

Dodgers reclaim NL West lead with shutout of Padres

Teoscar Hernandez homers for the second straight game as the Dodgers blank the Padres.

Dodgers regain NL West lead from Padres as Snell shuts down his former team in 6-0 win

— Blake Snell limited his former team to five hits in six innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers regained the NL West lead with a 6-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino exits with heat-related illness

Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino left Saturday night's 6-2 win over the Chicago White Sox with a heat-related illness after striking out in the first inning.

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