Royals push win streak to six games, tie franchise record by beating White Sox

Pete Grathoff, The Kansas City Star on May 8, 2025

Published in Baseball

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At this point, it wouldn’t matter the opponent, because the Kansas City Royals are on a serious roll.

With their 10-0 victory Thursday against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals have won six straight games, nine of their last 10 and 15 of 17.

By finishing a four-game sweep of Chicago, the Royals (23-16) continued their domination over a fellow American League Central club. Kansas City has won 10 straight games against the White Sox, and 18 of their last 19 dating back to late in the 2023 season.

The Royals also have defeated the White Sox 11 straight times, matching a franchise record for the most consecutive victories over an opponent at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals also had 11 straight wins over the Tigers from Aug. 3, 1988 to June 29, 1990.

Kris Bubic was a big reason for Thursday’s win as he extended the Royals’ stretch of sensational starting pitching. The left-hander threw seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits with seven strikeouts.

His season ERA dropped to 1.69.

It was the Royals’ MLB-best 19th quality start and their starting pitchers have allowed three runs or fewer in 82% of the team’s games (32 of 39).

It was the Royals sixth shutout in their last 13 games.

Multi-hit wonders

The Royals didn’t have to lean on Bubic, because they pounded out 17 hits. Seven players had a multi-hit game.

Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. had four hits, including two doubles, with two stolen bases and two RBIs. It’s his eighth career four-hit game.

Designated hitter Salvador Perez had two hits and three RBIs, while third baseman Maikel Garcia had two hits and two RBIs. Perez’s RBI double scored Vinnie Pasquantino in the first inning and staked the Royals to a lead they didn’t relinquish.

Perez’s single in the third scored Witt to make it 2-0, and Garcia delivered a two-run triple in the fifth inning, doubling the lead. The Royals tacked on two more runs in the sixth.

Left fielder Jonathan India, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, second baseman Michael Massey and center fielder Drew Waters also had a two-hit game.

Injury update

Kyle Wright made his second rehab start Wednesday night and allowed four runs in two innings with Double-A Northwest Arkansas.

“All things are fine,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of Wright, who threw 49 pitches. “He’ll be back here at some point today. That was scheduled. We’ll just check him out and make sure he’s all right. ...

“A lot of times you’ll see a little bit of a regression in the second start after we know what he’s been through, how long this has been. So I think it’s absolutely something to be expected.”

Wright is coming back from shoulder surgery that kept him out all of last season.

Up next

The Royals on Friday open a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium. Right-hander Michael Lorenzen will take the ball for Kansas City, while Boston will start right-hander Hunter Dobbins. First pitch is at 7:40 p.m. ET.

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