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- Updated: August 12, 2016
KANSAS CITY – The White Sox could count a 2-1 loss to the Royals on Thursday night as a moral victory of sorts.
They went up against currently one of the American League’s most dominant starting pitchers in Royals lefty Danny Duffy, whose complete game also doubled as his eighth straight win. The White Sox also endured a night where starter Miguel Gonzalez lasted one inning and part of one batter due to a right groin strain that landed him on the disabled list on Friday.
But in a season where the White Sox once were 23-10 and now sit a season-worst six games under .500 at 54-60 and 11 games behind the first-place Indians in the AL Central, it’s difficult to find the silver linings.
“You give up two runs, you gotta win the game,” said third baseman Todd Frazier after his team slipped to 1-7-1 in series since the All-Star break. “It doesn’t matter who is pitching. We did it yesterday, too. You have to find a way to tack on.”
“We sprayed some hits around, and couldn’t get anything going,” manager Robin Ventura said.
Gonzalez carried a …
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