Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
The Story
The Chicago White Sox walked off the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on June 27, 2026, at Rate Field, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to complete a tightly contested game that had been scoreless through six innings. The DiamondIQ model's estimate opened with Chicago holding a 66 percent pre-game win probability, and that figure reached 100 percent by the final out.
The game's decisive sequence unfolded entirely in the ninth inning, where the White Sox strung together a series of singles against Royals relievers. Chase Meidroth opened the rally with a single off Daniel Lynch IV, a hit worth 10.0 percent in win probability added. Jacob Gonzalez then delivered the most impactful swing of the game, his single off John Schreiber shifting the win probability by 15.4 percent, followed closely by Braden Montgomery's game-ending single off Lynch, which added 12.0 percent to push Chicago over the top. The Royals had opportunities to close things out earlier, but a groundout by Randal Grichuk in the bottom of the eighth against Lynch cost Kansas City 10.0 percent in win probability, and Nick Loftin's fielder's choice out in the top of the seventh off Sean Newcomb had already swung the needle 10.7 percent in Chicago's favor, limiting what could have been a larger Royals lead.
On the pitching side, Michael Wacha was the standout performer, contributing 29.0 percent in win probability for Chicago, with Grant Taylor adding another 24.1 percent and Davis Martin chipping in 11.6 percent to hold Kansas City to just one run on six hits and two errors. Among position players, Montgomery led all hitters with a 13.4 percent WPA and a RE24 of plus-1.0, while Meidroth's 12.4 percent and Michael Massey's 10.0 percent WPA reflected how concentrated the White Sox offensive production was in that final frame.