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    You are at:Home»Sports»Professional Sports»Giolito no-hit bid ends in 7th, White Sox beat Royals 6-3

    Giolito no-hit bid ends in 7th, White Sox beat Royals 6-3

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    By Mitch Fortner on April 1, 2019 Professional Sports, Sports
    Kansas City Royals' Alex Gordon, right, singles in the seventh inning during a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo. Gordon's single broke up a no-hitter by White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

    (AP) Lucas Giolito took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in his first start of the season, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep in the season-opening series.

    Giolito (1-0) walked Whit Merrifield on four pitches to begin the game, but then retired 19 straight before Alex Gordon’s single with one out in the seventh. Gordon fouled off four consecutive pitches before lining a curveball into center field.

    Yonder Alonso preserved the no-hitter with a diving stop in the sixth, and he and Jose Abreu homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth off starter Jorge Lopez (0-1).

    Alex Colome pitched a perfect ninth for his first save.

    Giolito couldn’t finish the seventh. Ryan O’Hearn drove in Gordon with a double into the right field corner, and Lucas Duda chased Giolito with an RBI single. Giolito was charged with two runs in 6 2/3 innings, allowing three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts. He threw 99 pitches.

    Giolito was 10-13 with a 6.13 ERA in 2018 and led the AL in walks (90) and the majors in earned runs allowed (118). In seven starts against the Royals in his career, Giolito is 4-0 with a 2.40 ERA. In 14 starts against the other AL Central teams, Giolito has a 5.62 ERA.

    Ryan Burr got the final out of the seventh to end the threat.

    Alonso had two hits and three RBIs. Four other White Sox had two hits in the game, including Abreu.

    Alonso also robbed Billy Hamilton of a hit by diving down the first base line to snag a line drive in the sixth.

    Lopez and reliever Tim Hill combined to walk three straight during the sixth inning, resulting in two runs. Lopez allowed four runs in five-plus innings.

    Royals right-handers Kyle Zimmer and Chris Ellis made their major league debuts. Zimmer threw a scoreless eighth inning, surrendering a single and striking out two. The fifth overall pick in the 2012 draft, Zimmer spent six seasons in the minor leagues and spent last year way from the organization while working on his mechanics at the Driveline baseball facility in Seattle.

    Ellis matched Zimmer with a scoreless ninth, giving up two singles and a walk in the inning after retiring the first two batters he faced.

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