<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carlos Rodón struck out eight in six innings, Zack Collins homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 3-0 on Friday night. </p>
<p>The Royals were blanked for the second straight game in part of a six-game losing streak, all to division opponents. </p>
<p>Rodón (5-0) limited the Royals to five hits. </p>
<p>Kansas City threatened with two on and one out in the fourth, but the righty worked out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts.</p>
<p>Relievers Codi Heuer, Aaron Bummer and Liam Hendriks worked the final three innings to complete the shutout. Hendriks earned with sixth save.</p>
<p>Collins opened the scoring with in the fifth inning with a solo shot to center. It was just the 26th home run of the year for the White Sox, which is 28th in the league.</p>
<p>Brad Keller (2-4) gave up three runs off five hits in six innings of work with a season-high six strikeouts and a walk. The bulk of the damage came in the sixth inning with RBIs from Adam Eaton and Jose Abreu. </p>
<p>Salvador Perez led the Royals, going 4 for 4 with a double. </p>
<p>Kansas City has lost 11 of the last 13 matchups with Chicago dating to last season. </p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>White Sox: OF Luis Robert (right hip flexor) will not need surgery but faces a prolonged stint on the 10-day injury list. </p>
<p>ROSTER MOVES</p>
<p>White Sox: Chicago reinstated LHP Garrett Crochet from the 10-day injured list and optioned RHP Alex McRae to AAA Charlotte. </p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Daniel Lynch (0-0, 5.79 ERA) will make his second career start for the Royals. Lance Lynn (2-1, 1.82 ERA) will counter for Chicago. Lynn tossed a complete-game shutout with 11 strikeouts in his last start against Kansas City. </p>
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