Morning Box Score: Sox Roll Royals

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The White Sox took it to the Kansas City Royals on Friday, winning by the score of 11-2. Jermaine Dye hit his 13th homer of the season in the top of the first to put Chicago ahead 1-0. The Sox then capitalized on four hits and an error by pitcher Brian Bannister to post three more runs in the second inning. Add to that a sacrifice fly in the fifth and a six-run outburst in the sixth, and Chicago found themselves up 11. Alexei Ramirez, A.J. Pierzynski and Josh Fields each collected three hits in the contest, and seven different players drove home runs for the South Siders. Starter Clayton Richard pitched seven innings of six-hit, two-run baseball, making his lone mistake on a meatball to Billy Butler in the sixth. The White Sox are now 7-3 in their last 10 games and will have the chance to claim their fourth straight series with a win in Kansas City this evening.