KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One added benefit for the Kansas City Royals and their fresh, young group of players is that they have no attachment to any past woes or streaks of bad luck.
So a pitcher like Chicago White Sox right-hander Lance Lynn having had the Royals’ number recently, means nothing to rookie sluggers like Vinnie Pasquantino and Nick Pratto.
They weren’t part of those lineups when Lynn dominated the Royals. Instead, they had relatively blank slates.
Pasquantino and Pratto each crushed a two-run home run off of Lynn to put the Royals on the path to a 4-2 win over the White Sox in the opening game of the four-game series and the first game of a doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
The victory extended the Royals’ win streak to three games and evened the season series with the White Sox at six wins apiece.
Lynn entered the day having gone 5-0 with a 1.08 ERA in his last five starts against the Royals, but the Royals put up four runs against him on seven hits, including two home runs, in six innings.
Three of the hits went for extra bases. Pratto also roped a double off of Lynn.
Meanwhile Royals starter Brady Singer allowed just one run on five hits in 7 1/3 innings. He struck out six and didn’t walk a batter. The lone run he allowed came on a third-inning solo homer by White Sox second baseman Josh Harrison.
