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CHICAGO — The first pitch White Sox starter Michael Kopech threw Friday night nearly hit Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. in the head

The right-hander retired the first 16 batters he faced and allowed one hit with 10 strikeouts in eight scoreless innings — facing the minimum 24 batters. Gavin Sheets and Romy Gonzalez drove in the runs..

Gavin Sheets, Jake Burger, Andrew Vaughn go deep, Mike Clevinger pitches six-plus innings of two-run ball.

Royal Challengers Bangalore finished off Rajasthan Royals in just 10.3 overs with South African quick Wayne Parnell emerging the most successful bowler with 3/10 from three overs

Root was dismissed by Wayne Parnell.

It promises to be a showdown between this edition’s two most impactful batters in young Yashasvi Jaiswal and veteran Faf du Plessis when Rajasthan Royals take on Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are looking to avoid a hat-trick of defeats, in an IPL match in Jaipur on May 14.

So why the meeting? “Maybe we’re 13-26,” Grifol said during a week when the Sox lost three of four to the last-place Royals. “Maybe that’s the reason.”

Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler has been fined 10% of his match fee for a Code of Conduct breach in the game against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Fermin’s squeeze bunt in ninth drops White Sox to within a game of last place