ChiSox rally late, but fall to Royals

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08/22/2007 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Billy Butler homered and knocked in three runs and Brian Bannister pitched into the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals withstood a ninth-inning Chicago rally to beat the White Sox, 7-6, in the finale of a three-game set.

Paul Konerko took Jimmy Gobble deep in the eighth inning to bring Chicago within 7-3 and Josh Fields connected on a three-run shot off Joakim Soria with two outs in the ninth to make it a one-run game.

Jim Thome followed with a single to left, bringing the winning run to the plate in the form of Konerko. Soria, however, struck out the White Sox first baseman to seal the win.

David DeJesus went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored for the Royals, who ended a three-game skid.

Bannister (10-7) gave up just two runs on five hits through 6 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking two.

White Sox starter Jose Contreras (6-16) was tagged for four runs on six hits over six innings of work.

Chicago was looking for its first series sweep at home since August 11-13, 2006 against the Tigers.

Contreras hit Mark Grudzielanek on top of his head with one out in the first and DeJesus' single put runners on the corners. Butler's sacrifice fly brought home one run before DeJesus stole second and scored on Ross Gload's two-out single.

Chicago answered in the home half of the first with back-to-back, two-out RBI singles by Darin Erstad and Jermaine Dye, but the Royals came right back with two more runs in the second.

With two outs and nobody on base, Jason LaRue walked and Joey Gathright bounced a single to center. Grudzielanek and DeJesus followed with two straight RBI singles that put Kansas City up 4-2.

DeJesus then reached base with two outs in the seventh on a bunt single and Butler followed with his fifth homer of the year for a four-run Royals advantage.

Kansas City tacked on what proved to be a much needed insurance run in the eighth as Chicago catcher Toby Hall's errant throw on Alex Gordon's steal attempt allowed Emil Brown to easily score from third.

Game Notes

Before the game, Kansas City placed starting pitcher Odalis Perez on the 15- day disabled list and recalled outfielder Shane Costa from Triple-A Omaha...Konerko's home run gave him 25 for the season...Attendance was 31,739.

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