CHICAGO (Interstat) — The Chicago White Sox edged the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Saturday evening at Guaranteed Rate Field, improving to 43-38 while the Royals fell to 34-50.

Grant Taylor (3-1) earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief, striking out four. Daniel Lynch IV (2-2) took the loss after allowing one run on three hits in one-third of an inning.

The Royals struck first in the seventh inning. Carter Jensen singled to right field, driving in Starling Marte for a 1-0 lead. The White Sox answered in the bottom half when Braden Montgomery grounded into a forceout, scoring Luisangel Acuña to tie the game.

Chicago won it in the ninth. Jacob Gonzalez singled to left field, scoring Colson Montgomery for the decisive run.

Michael Wacha started for Kansas City, tossing 7 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run on six hits with seven strikeouts. Davis Martin started for Chicago and allowed no earned runs over 5 1/3 innings, striking out three.

The White Sox outhit the Royals 10-6. The crowd of 28,569 saw the game last 2 hours, 27 minutes.