Melendez’s third house run of sequence lifts Royals over White Sox 5-3 for 4-game sweep

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — MJ Melendez hit his third house run of the sequence, a two-run drive in a three-run seventh inning because the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Sunday for a four-game sweep.

Chicago ended a 19-inning scoreless streak within the fourth and led 3-0 within the fifth earlier than Hunter Renroe’s two-run homer off starter Garrett Crochet.

Melendez hit a two-run homer within the sixth off Deivi García (0-2) for a 4-3 lead, his third go-ahead hit of the sequence. Melendez flipped hit bat in triumph.

He had a go-ahead, eight-inning single on Friday and a tiebreaking, seventh-inning homer on Saturday.

Kansas Metropolis added a run when Kyle Isbel reached on what was scored on an infield hit when reliever Dominic Leone didn’t catch the throw to first from second baseman Lenyn Sosa.

John Schreiber (1-0) pitched a one-hit seventh and James McArthur received three outs for his second save as Kansas Metropolis accomplished its first four-game sweep since 2021.

Dominic Fletcher hit an RBI double within the fourth off Alec Marsh and scored on Braden Shewmake’s sacrifice fly, simply the third multi-run inning of the season for the White Sox.

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White Sox: RHP Triston McKenzie (0-1, 10.80 ERA) begins for Cleveland in Monday’s sequence opener towards visiting Chicago.

Royals: LHP Cole Ragans (0-1, 1.46 ERA) opens Tuesday’s seriea at Houston.

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