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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Daryl Van Schouwen

White Sox walked off — make that balked off — in Kansas City

Maikel Garcia of the Royals crosses home and scores as Korey Lee of the White Sox reacts to a walk-off balk in the ninth inning against the White Sox at Kauffman Stadium on September 05, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals won 7-6. (Getty Images) (Getty)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This one would leave a mark, if only the White Sox had undamaged space on their collective hide that hasn’t already been bruised during this beat-up and beat-down season.

How about a balk-off 7-6 loss to the last-place Royals on Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium? That’s what happened after the Sox (53-86) had built a 6-0 lead against a Royals (44-96) team that celebrated near home plate when Sox closer Gregory Santos didn’t come set before a pitch to Edward Olivares with two outs and the bases loaded. Maikel Garcia waltzed home to score, dropping the Sox to a season low 33 games below .500 and to 0-5 since Chris Getz became the new general manager.

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