Cole Ragans continued his dominance and Edward Olivares homered twice as the Kansas City Royals blasted the visiting Chicago White Sox 12-1 on Monday afternoon.
In seven starts since his trade from the Texas Rangers, Ragans is 4-1 with a 1.51 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 47 2/3 innings.
The
Royals posted single tallies in each of the first three innings. In the first inning, Olivares hit his first home run. Drew Waters followed with a two out RBI single and Salvador Perez added a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0. The 419-foot blast to left was his 10th of the year and seventh in 21 games with Kansas City.The
Royals
put the game out of reach with a seven-run fifth inning, capped by Olivares’ second home run, a two-run shot 428 feet to left-center for a 12-0 lead. It was Olivares’ eighth of the season, marking his second career multi-homer game.Olivares and Maikel Garcia each collected three hits.Jesse Scholtens (1-7) allowed five runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings. Scholtens has four losses and no wins in seven starts for the
White Sox
since joining their rotation on Aug. 1. Chicago has lost three of its last 22 games and is 32 games under.500.-Field Level Media