Rookie Kyle Isbel hit a two-run single in Kansas City’s three-run 10th inning, and the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 on Thursday.
Whit Merrifield scored the go-ahead run in the 10th when White Sox catcher Reese McGuire was charged with a passed ball with the bases loaded and two out. Then Isbel, who was promoted from Triple-A Omaha before the game, got his hit off left-hander Aaron Bummer (0-1).
Scott Barlow (2-0) pitched a scoreless ninth, and Taylor Clarke earned his first save.
The Royals placed INF Adalberto Mondesi (left knee) on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to April 27. … RHP Brady Singer was optioned to Triple-A Omaha.
Isbel and INF Emmanuel Rivera were called up from Omaha.
Royals LHP Kris Bubic (0-1, 14.14) will face the Yankees in Friday’s series opener in Kansas City at 7:10.