<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Yermin Mercedes and Jose Abreu had three RBI’s each to help the Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 9-3 on Sunday, finishing off a three-game sweep and handing the Royals their eight consecutive loss.</p>
<p>The Royals went winless on its seven-game homestand. They opened the homestand up 1½ games in the division but leave their friendly confides back 3½ games. They were swept by the Indians earlier in the week. </p>
<p>The White Sox have beaten the Royals 10 straight times on the road. The last team to do that was Oakland from 2003-2006 when they beat Kansas City 12 consecutive times in Kauffman Stadium. </p>
<p>Lucas Giolito (2-3) gave up one run, four hits, two walks and fanned two in five innings of work and got the win. It’s the first run allowed by a Chicago starter in five games as they’ve gone 29 1/3 innings and have a 0.31 ERA in that stretch. </p>
<p>The three runs by the Royals are the most the White Sox have given up in a week. </p>
<p>Kansas City got its first lead since Wednesday after Whit Merrifield doubled and eventually scored two batters later in the first inning. It was a promising start after snapping a 28-inning scoreless streak on Saturday night, but they didn’t lead again after that point. </p>
<p>The next half inning, Mercedes hit a triple to right field – the first in his career – scoring Abreu and a double in the third scoring Yoan Moncada and Yasmani Grandal. </p>
<p>Danny Mendick kept his hot bat going with an RBI-single to right field to lead 3-1. </p>
<p>Leury Garcia added another run on an RBI single to score Andrew Vaughan in the sixth. </p>
<p>The Royals had the bases loaded with one out in the sixth, but only managed one run on an RBI from Michael A. Taylor. </p>
<p>Abreu singled in two RBI’s in the seventh and one more in the ninth. </p>
<p>Mike Minor (2-2) got the loss and went five innings giving up five earned runs, five hits, two walks and struck out seven. </p>
<p>UP NEXT </p>
<p>Chicago hosts Minnesota on Tuesday to open a week-long homestand with Dylan Cease (2-0, 2.37) on the hill. Kansas City starts a seven-game road trip beginning in Detroit on Tuesday. </p>
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