Lopez dazzles, Palka comes through to top KC

A pitchers’ duel between Reynaldo Lopez and Brad Keller lit up late, as Whit Merrified hit a pinch-hit three-run homer to give K.C. a brief lead in the 8th and Chicago answered with a four-run inning. Jose Abreu tied it before Daniel Palka hit a pinch-hit three-run homer of his own to send the White Sox home victorious, preventing a Royals’ sweep.