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CHICAGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Derek Hill homered to break an eighth-inning tie after Chicago wasted a three-run lead, and the White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.

Drew Romo hit a solo homer just over the outstretched glove of right fielder Jac Caglianone and Chase Meidroth had a three-run drive off Stephen Kolek in a five-run fifth that built a 5-2 advantage.

Kansas City tied the score in the sixth when Nick Loftin hit an RBI double against Tyler Schweitzer and scored on Maikel Garcia's single off Grant Taylor.

Hill batted for Tristan Peters, and drove a low slider from Matt Strahm (1-1) to left-center, a 417-foot drive for his third career pinch homer and second this season. Hill had a tying homer in a May 3 loss to San Diego.

Seranthony Domínguez (3-3) pitched a perfect eighth, and Bryan Hudson got three straight outs for his second save.

Chicago has come from behind in nine of its 20 wins. Kansas City has lost four of six following a five-game winning streak.

Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez hit solo home runs in the first inning against Erick Fedde, who has allowed 10 homers in six starts and two relief appearances this season.

Up next

Royals RHP Seth Lugo (1-2, 3.21) and White Sox LHP Noah Schultz (2-2, 4.68) start Wednesday.

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TORONTO (AP) — Taylor Walls put the Rays ahead with an RBI single in the 10th inning and later scored on Jonathan Aranda's sacrifice fly, and Tampa Bay held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Tuesday night for its 16th win in 18 games.

Walls drove in automatic runner Cedric Mullins with a hit through a drawn-in infield against Braydon Fisher (2-1) to make it 6-5. Aranda's fly ball to center gave the Rays a two-run cushion that held up after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom half against Garrett Cleavinger, who picked up his first save.

Ian Seymour (2-0) got four outs for the win.

Ryan Vilade hit his second homer and Mullins drove in a pair as the AL-best Rays (28-13) won their sixth straight series.

Toronto erased a 5-0 deficit against a trio of Rays relievers in the seventh.

Pinch-hitter Jesús Sánchez chased Casey Legumina with an RBI double and George Springer hit an RBI single against Cole Sulser before Yohendrick Piñango followed with a two-run double. Kevin Kelly came on to face Guerrero, whose infield chopper bounced off third baseman Junior Caminero’s glove for an error that brought home the tying run.

Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan struck out seven and allowed one hit in five shutout innings, extending his scoreless streak to 21 2/3.

Walls scored in the sixth on a wild pitch by Tommy Nance that struck plate umpire Chris Segal in the knee before bouncing away. Segal went down in pain and received attention from Toronto’s trainer but remained in the game.

In the fourth, Blue Jays second baseman Lenyn Sosa slid into the legs of umpire Laz Diaz while chasing Aranda’s ground ball single. Diaz stayed on his feet.

Up next

Blue Jays RHP Dylan Cease (3-1, 2.58 ERA) is set to start against Rays RHP Griffin Jax (1-2, 5.00) on Wednesday.

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