After suffering their 12th shutout loss of the season on Monday, the Kansas City Royals will aim to bounce back Tuesday night as they continue a three-game series against the host Chicago White Sox.

White Sox pitchers Shane Smith and Tyler Gilbert limited the Royals to two hits -- doubles by Mike Yastrzemski and Bobby Witt Jr. -- en route to a 7-0 victory on Monday.

Chicago improved to 3-8 against Kansas City this season while stretching its winning streak to three games.

Kansas City, which outslugged the Detroit Tigers 10-8 on Sunday but has lost four of its past six games, couldn't solve the Chicago staff while falling four games behind the Seattle Mariners in the race for the third and final American League wild-card spot.

The Royals welcomed a reinforcement for the stretch run as t

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