![]() ![]() “I've still got a lot to improve on.”Ĭease gave up a single, a hit batter and a walk to start the sixth. “It feels good, any way you can help the team,” Bradley said. had a two-run double in the sixth for the Royals and finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Andrew Vaughn had a two-run double for Chicago in the third that made it 3-1. Gavin Sheets homered for the White Sox, a 423-foot drive to center off Greinke in the sixth that tied the game at 4-4. Just working through some things right now but I think it’s close. Honestly, today was better than the last couple of starts. “Just got to keep feeling the process,” Cease said. The right-hander had a 2.20 ERA in 32 starts last season, when he finished second in AL Cy Young Award voting. You can see how it affects the whole game.”Ĭease (2-2) gave up seven runs on nine hits in five-plus innings as his ERA rose from 4.58 to 5.58. ![]() “Earlier this season we had some games where we hit the ball really hard, just right at people. “Balls are starting to fall,” Melendez said. The Royals are averaging nearly 7 1/2 runs per game in May. ![]()
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