{"id":275056,"date":"2025-08-27T04:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/275056\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T04:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:20:14","slug":"chicago-white-sox-squander-a-strong-outing-from-martin-perez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/275056\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox squander a strong outing from Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colson Montgomery didn\u2019t take long to extend his home run streak.<\/p>\n

The Chicago White Sox shortstop drove the first pitch he saw in Tuesday\u2019s second inning against the Kansas City Royals the opposite way. The ball hit off the left-field foul pole for a solo home run.<\/p>\n

It was the rookie\u2019s fourth consecutive game with a home run.<\/p>\n

Montgomery helped the Sox build a four-run lead. But the Royals scored two runs in the eighth and three more in the ninth to rally and defeat the Sox 5-4 in front of 10,907 at Rate Field.<\/p>\n

Despite seven dazzling innings from starter Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez, the Sox (48-84) saw their three-game winning streak come to an end. Kyle Isbel put the Royals ahead in the ninth with an RBI single against reliever Tyler Alexander.<\/p>\n

\u201cTough game,\u201d Sox manager Will Venable said. \u201cReally well-played game. Obviously an outstanding outing by Mart\u00edn. Was in control the whole time. A nice job by our offense and some great plays defensively as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust sometimes you get beat and I thought Kansas City did a great job putting the ball in play and finding some holes and they really earned their way on base, and we had the one walk there (in the eighth) and a hit a batter (in the ninth). I thought it was just a tough game, but well-played game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sox played most of the game without center fielder Luis Robert Jr.<\/a>, who exited with soreness in his left hamstring. Michael A. Taylor replaced Robert in the top of the fourth inning.<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoChicago White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery is congratulated by third base coach Justin Jirschele after Montgomery hit a solo home run in the second inning of a game against the Kansas City Royals at Rate Field in Chicago on Aug. 26, 2025. (Chris Sweda\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple steps before he got to first base running down the line there (in a second-inning at-bat), just some left hamstring tightness,\u201d Venable said. \u201cSo he\u2019s being evaluated and we\u2019ll have some more information tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert exited with the Sox leading 1-0 thanks to the second-inning home run by Montgomery. He became the fourth rookie in Sox history to homer in at least four straight games, according to Elias Sports Bureau, joining Ron Kittle (five games in 1983), Rich McKinney (four in 1970) and Matt Davidson (four in 2017).<\/p>\n

Montgomery hit a two-run home run<\/a> in the fifth inning on Aug. 22 against the Minnesota Twins, a grand slam<\/a> in the second inning against the Twins the next night and another two-run home run<\/a> in the second inning of the series finale on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n

He did not play in Monday\u2019s series opener<\/a> against the Royals, but got right back in the swing of things Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a good (swing),\u201d Venable said. \u201cBig, strong guy that can obviously do damage to all parts of the field, so nice to see him be aggressive early in the count and it was a cool one to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sox added three more runs in the sixth. Kyle Teel and Lenyn Sosa had RBI singles in the inning. The third run of the inning came on a wild pitch, allowing Miguel Vargas to score to make it 4-0.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9rez, meanwhile, was in control on the mound for the Sox. The left-hander allowed one hit, a single to Bobby Witt Jr. to lead off the fourth, while striking out five in his seven scoreless innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel good,\u201d P\u00e9rez said. \u201cJust enjoyed it. I\u2019m able to do whatever I want with the strike zone and I\u2019m just doing my job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photos: Chicago White Sox fall 5-4 to the Kansas City Royals at Rate Field<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Royals started their comeback against reliever Jordan Leasure in the eighth, loading the bases with two outs. Grant Taylor entered and surrendered a two-run single to Maikel Garcia, cutting the Sox lead in half. That snapped a streak of 27 consecutive scoreless innings for Sox pitching.<\/p>\n

Taylor rebounded to strike out Witt.<\/p>\n

He returned for the ninth, allowing three singles before exiting with one out and the bases loaded.<\/p>\n

\u201cStuff felt good,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cI thought execution was solid. Threw a lot of pitches in the zone. Just gave up hits.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething to be gained from everything. Some good takeaways from successes and there\u2019s takeaways from failures. Sucks there\u2019s more to take away from tonight but tomorrow is a new day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Massey drove in two with a single against Alexander to tie the score at 4. Adam Frazier got hit by a pitch to load the bases. Isbel followed with a line-drive single to center, bringing in what turned out to be the game-winning run.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing good,\u201d P\u00e9rez said. \u201cWe lost the game. That\u2019s part of the game. That happens in baseball, and we\u2019ve just got to be ready for tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing a great job and just (have to) start turning the page and be ready for tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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