CHICAGO -- Omar Infante, Paulo Orlando and Lorenzo Cain all doubled in a three-run sixth inning off Jose Quintana to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
Orlando added an RBI single an inning later and Dillon Gee (1-1) allowed a run over five innings for his first victory since 2014. The Royals won for the fifth time in seven games and moved within 31/2 games of the AL Central-leading White Sox.
Quintana (5-3) who entered with an AL-best 1.54 ERA, gave up one hit while facing the minimum 15 batters through five. He retired 11 consecutive until Infante had the first of four consecutive one-out hits.
Four relievers combined to blank the White Sox over the final four innings, with Wade Davis getting his 10th save in 11 tries.
Kendrys Morales' two-out RBI single made it 3-1, with all the run-scoring hits off curveballs.
Quintana was charged with a season-worst 4 runs and 8 hits in 61/3 innings.
Austin Jackson's second-inning sacrifice fly provided the lone run for the White Sox, who have lost seven of nine.
It looked like Chicago's dominance with its top pitchers Chris Sale and Quintana would continue early.
Salvador Perez was quickly erased on a double play following his second-inning single, and the Royals didn't have another baserunner until the sixth.
Consecutive one-out doubles by Infante and Orlando tied it at 1. After Alcides Escobar's infield hit, Lorenzo Cain smacked an RBI double into the left field corner.
That was enough for the Royals, who have won 22 of 29 at U.S. Cellular Field.
RANGERS 2, ASTROS 1 Colby Lewis pitched seven scoreless innings and Prince Fielder provided the offense with a two-run double to lead visiting Texas to a victory over Houston.
INDIANS 4, RED SOX 2 Jason Kipnis hit a three-run home run, Corey Kluber slowed down the majors' top-scoring team for seven innings and visiting Cleveland won its fifth consecutive game, beating Boston.
RAYS 7, TIGERS 5 Steven Souza and Steve Pearce hit home runs to help visiting Tampa Bay beat Detroit. Matt Andriese (3-0) picked up the victory despite allowing four runs in 51/3 innings.
BLUE JAYS 9, TWINS 3 Jose Bautista hit a three-run home run to break open the game in the sixth inning and Toronto slugged its way to a victory over host Minnesota.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
DIAMONDBACKS 11, CARDINALS 7 Patrick Corbin struck out seven and Chris Herrmann homered with three RBI for visiting Arizona in a victory over St. Louis.
BRAVES 7, PHILLIES 1 Freddie Freeman homered twice and drove in four runs and Nick Markakis also hit a home run to lead visiting Atlanta to a victory over Philadelphia.
PIRATES 2, ROCKIES 1 Starling Marte and John Jaso had two hits each and made fine defensive plays to help Gerrit Cole navigate through seven shaky innings as host Pittsburgh beat Colorado.
METS 3, BREWERS 2 Steven Matz pitched seven sharp innings to win his sixth consecutive start, Michael Conforto hit a two-run home run and host New York beat Milwaukee.
NATIONALS 4, MARLINS 1 Tanner Roark finally beat the team that kept beating him, pitching 62/3 innings to help visiting Washington past Miami. Ryan Zimmerman and Michael Taylor homered to help the Nationals score all their runs in the second inning.
INTERLEAGUE
MARINERS 8, REDS 3 Dae-Ho Lee's bases-loaded single completed Seattle's late rally against the major leagues' worst bullpen, and he later added a home run as the Mariners pulled away to a victory over host Cincinnati.
Sports on 05/21/2016