Series win at Kauffman Stadium the first in a long time for White Sox

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KANSAS CITY -- A.J. Pierzynski is one of the few White Sox players whowas around the last time the team won a series at Kauffman Stadium.Chris Sale sealed the teams first series victory in Kansas City sinceMay 29-31, 2009 as he scattered 10 hits over eight innings in a 2-1 win overthe Royals on Sunday.Pierzynski, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez, John Danks, GavinFloyd and Matt Thornton are the only players left from the White Sox previousseries win here, a three-game sweep that improved the clubs record to 24-25.We were talking about that,Pierzynski said. We were like, Man, that seems like a long time. But whenyou thought about it, and I saw the ninth inning videos of them walking us off,it seemed right. It was a big win after the All-Star break and last nightsgame went, it was a big win today. It was a good win, a good team-win. It was abattle to the end, and they didnt go away.Addison Reed can attest. He took over for Sale in theninth inning and quickly recorded the first two outs. Salvador Perez thensingled and pinch-runner Jason Bourgeois stole second to move into scoringposition. Infielder Chris Getz, who was in a White Sox uniform during the May2009 sweep, then hit a slow grounder to shortstop and was nearly safe beforeRamirez threw him out.Reed bounced back after heallowed a run in the 12 th inning of Fridays marathon 9-8 victory to recordhis 14th save in 16 tries.They were all tight games,Reed said. A lot of back and forth, ties and everything. We just never gave upand did what we know how to do and came out with two wins.

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