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Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals

CWS 4 — 5 KC
Final — 2026-09-23
MVP: Maikel Garcia 3-3, 3 RBI, 1 BB
Game Recap: Read the full recap →

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago White Sox 5-4. Maikel Garcia led the way with 3-3, 3 RBI, 1 BB. Connor Thomas earned the win and (gpid=sa:696146) took the loss. Steven Cruz recorded the save.

123456789 RHE
CWS 004000000 4
KC 40000010 5
WP Connor Thomas
LP (gpid=sa:696146)
SV Steven Cruz

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to right fielder Braden Montgomery. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. (0-2)
Bot 1: Vinnie Pasquantino doubles (20) on a line drive to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Maikel Garcia scores. (0-3)
Bot 1: Michael Massey singles on a ground ball to shortstop Colson Montgomery. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Throwing error by shortstop Colson Montgomery. (0-4)
Top 3: Kyle Teel singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Chase Meidroth scores. Braden Montgomery scores. Sam Antonacci to 2nd. (2-4)
Top 3: Miguel Vargas singles on a fly ball to center fielder John Rave. Sam Antonacci scores. Kyle Teel to 3rd. (3-4)
Top 3: Munetaka Murakami doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Kyle Teel scores. Miguel Vargas to 3rd. (4-4)
Bot 7: Maikel Garcia doubles (20) on a line drive to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. (4-5)

CWS — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Peters CF3000000000 .270.342.447.789
Acuna PR0000000000 .225.259.260.519
Grichuk DH2000000000 .290.316.569.885
Murakami 1B4011001010 .204.348.469.817
Teel C3110002120 .182.308.318.626
Meidroth 2B4120000010 .273.348.410.758
Montgomery SS4000000030 .202.288.413.701
(gpid=sa:695731) RF4130000000 .219.310.345.655
Benintendi DH2000000000 .242.301.412.713
Antonacci LF4110000000 .269.364.390.754
Vargas 3B4010001000 .251.362.479.841

KC — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Jensen C4130000010 .237.323.454.777
Collins LF3000000120 .215.323.326.649
Perez DH4010000010 .228.271.373.644
Rave CF4000000010 .221.306.427.733
Massey 2B4020000000 .276.307.437.744
Pasquantino 1B4111001000 .249.332.419.751
Isbel CF0000000000 .215.260.317.577
Garcia 3B3131003100 .263.325.378.703
Caglianone RF4010000010 .283.335.485.820
Witt SS4210000010 .282.361.443.804

CWS — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
(gpid=sa:696146) 2.0211020 33-23 1.320.84L
Hudson 0.1443000 16-10 3.431.26
Fedde 2.2400220 64-37 3.831.35
Newcomb 2.0100020 25-21 3.171.19
Hicks 1.0100010 20-12 4.021.57

KC — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Thomas 2.0100010 22-15 8.061.79W
Erceg 1.0000010 9-6 5.831.79H
Lugo 3.1744030 72-41 5.171.47
(gpid=sa:543238) 1.2000100 17-10 0.000.88
Cruz 1.0100020 15-11 4.301.26S

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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