CHICAGO – Dylan Cease allowed a hit in six scoreless innings to match his season-high 11 strikeouts, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Tuesday night.
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Tim Anderson and Andrew Vaughn homered for the AL Central leading Chicago, which last week had lost three of four to fourth-place Kansas City.
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Cease (8-6) walked away a pair and threw 103 pitches. He only allowed a single with which Venezuelan Edward Olivares opened the third inning, scoring his first win since June 30.
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Michael Kopech, Garrett Crochet and Ryan Tepera completed the task of three hits.
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Vaughn found a change of speed from Kris Bubic (3-5) and placed the ball in the center field bleachers in the second inning. Anderson hit a two-run home run that bounced off the crest of the right field fence in the third inning.
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For the Royals, Carlos Santana 3-1. Venezuelans Salvador Pérez 4-0, Olivares 3-1.
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For the White Sox, Venezuelan César Hernández 2-0. The Cubans José Abreu 4-1 with two RBIs, Yoán Moncada 3-0 with one scored. The Dominicans Eloy Jiménez 4-0, Leury García 3-0.
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