Michael Kopech exits in the 1st inning with knee soreness as the Chicago White Sox lose their 4th in 5 games

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Drew Waters drew a bases-loaded walk to break an eighth-inning tie in his major-league debut, boosting the Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday in a game rescheduled because of the lockout in April.

Joe Kelly (1-3), the seventh of eight Sox pitchers, hit two batters to start the inning. Ryan O’Hearn singled, and Waters drew a five-pitch walk with one out to break a 4-all tie.

The Sox rallied from a four-run deficit after starter Michael Kopech exited having faced only four hitters.

Kopech hit a batter, allowed an RBI single to Salvador Perez, and walked the bases full before leaving with left knee soreness.

Elvis Andrus drove in three runs in his third game with the Sox, who signed the veteran shortstop Friday after the Oakland Athletics designated him for assignment.

José Abreu had three hits and two walks for the Sox, who have dropped four of five since winning five straight.

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Amir Garrett (3-1) pitched a scoreless eighth and Scott Barlow finished for his 20th save.

Perez snapped a three-game hitless streak (0-for-10) as the Royals batted around in the first, scoring four. Michael Massey and O’Hearn also had RBI hits.

The six runs were the most the Royals scored since Aug. 10. They batted .167 while losing six of seven on the road last week, totaling 10 runs.

The Sox batted around in the fourth, capped by Andrus’ two-run single, to cut the lead to 4-3.

Andrus tied the game with an RBI double in the seventh.

Sox RHP Dylan Cease (12-5, 2.09 ERA) takes the mound Tuesday in Baltimore opposite Orioles RHP Austin Voth (3-1, 4.86).