Royals turn to Noah Cameron in series finale vs. White Sox<\/p>\n
Dominance on the mound continues to fuel the Kansas City Royals<\/a> in their extended home success against the Chicago White Sox<\/a>.<\/p>\n Following consecutive shutout victories, the Royals will aim for an eighth straight winning home series over the White Sox on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n After its 14-game home winning streak over Chicago ended with a 2-0 loss in Thursday’s series opener, Kansas City has back-to-back 2-0 wins. Royals starters Seth Lugo, Kris Bubic and Michael Wacha have combined to allow two runs, 10 hits and strike out 22 batters over 21 1\/3 innings in the first three games of the four-game set.<\/p>\n That’s helped compensate for an offense that’s totaled seven runs and gone 0-for-30 with runners in scoring position over the last five contests.<\/p>\n “It’s a full team game,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “We’ve played well enough to win as a team two days in a row. … (But), we know we are not going to sustain long winning streaks scoring two runs (each game).”<\/p>\n Sunday’s scheduled Kansas City starter, Noah Cameron (1-1, 1.69 ERA), who finished fourth in the 2025 AL Rookie of the Year voting, essentially has picked up where he left off. The left-hander and St. Joseph, Mo., native has allowed one run and one walk with five strikeouts in each of his first two 2026 starts, which have spanned 10 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n However, his Royals teammates will look to provide more run support after they managed little offense during Tuesday’s 2-1 loss at Cleveland.<\/p>\n Cameron faced the White Sox twice in 2025, allowing one run over 5 1\/3 innings during a 3-1 home win in August. But 10 days later, at Chicago, he was tagged for six runs over five innings of a 7-0 loss.<\/p>\n Losers in 10 of their first 15 games, the White Sox have gone 20 straight innings without scoring a run. They have just six hits while striking out 19 times in the last two contests.<\/p>\n “(The Royals) have pitched really, really well the last two games,” Chicago manager Will Venable said. “Offensively, we’ve got to find a way to make an adjustment going forward.”<\/p>\n Looking at the bigger picture, the White Sox have batted .198 and scored just 13 runs against Royals starting pitching during their current 1-16 rut at Kansas City.<\/p>\n Ex-Royal Andrew Benintendi and Lenyn Sosa each had a double Saturday, but the White Sox failed to put a runner past second base. Despite Chicago’s offensive struggles, Sosa has hit safely in five of his last six games and is 2-for-5 with a double and home run vs. Cameron.<\/p>\n With struggling Chicago Opening Day starter Shane Smith demoted to the minors after two rough starts and one decent but short outing, Venable said Grant Taylor (0-0, 1.42 ERA) will serve as an opener for the fourth time this season Sunday. The right-hander has allowed one hit over three scoreless innings in that role this month.<\/p>\n Taylor is 0-2 with an 18.00 ERA in three career appearances — all in relief — vs. the Royals.<\/p>\n Venable also noted that right-hander Jonathan Cannon, who is 9-20 over the last two seasons for Chicago, will be recalled from Triple-A Charlotte and could see bulk work Sunday.<\/p>\n With a leadoff homer and a late double Saturday, Kansas City All-Star Maikel Garcia is batting .328 for the young season. He’s batted .375 during an eight-game home hitting against the White Sox.<\/p>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n \n Copyright 2026 STATS LLC and Field Level Media. 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