BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox come into the matchup with the Kansas City Royals as losers of three in a row. Kansas City is 32-29 at home and 62-61 overall. Royals hitters have a collective .305 on-base percentage, the 10th-ranked percentage in the AL.

The Kansas City Royals dodged a major injury scare against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night. In the first inning, Vinnie Pasquantino dealt with a heat-related illness while facing White Sox starter Sean Burke. Pasquantino struck out after a nine-pitch battle but required medical attention midway through the at-bat.

Mike Yastrzemski and John Rave each homered, and Michael Lorenzen returned from the injured list with four scoreless innings, as the Kansas City Royals extended their home winning streak over the Chicago White Sox to 13 games with Saturday night's 6-2 victory.

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.

The White Sox are sporting one of MLB’s youngest rosters, and are going through all the ups-and-downs that come with it in the dog days of August. A red-hot start to the second half fueled by No. 3 pr

Royals' Ryan Bergert: Solid in no-decision

The Sox left 11 runners on base and the bullpen imploded after Martin pitched six innings of one-hit ball. Now they have to play .500 ball the rest of the way to avoid the century mark for losses.

The Royals must contend with the Texas Rangers on Monday night. It's the start of a four-game series that will have playoff implications. The Royals swept the Rangers in June and need one more victory to secure the regular-season tiebreaker.

The Chicago White Sox have dropped nine of 11 after suffering a 3-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Lenyn Sosa homered for the Sox.