MLB teamJim Thome hit a three-run home run and the Chicago White Sox MLB team tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs as part of a 9-2 win over the Kansas City Royals, completing a three-game sweep.
Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe each followed Thome's long ball with home runs of their own in the sixth to tie a major league record which was last accomplished by the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees on April 22, 2007.

Jermaine Dye went 2-for-4 with two RBI while Lance Broadway (1-0) got the win as he gave up two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings of work for the White Sox, who have won four of five overall.

All team sports information reports,with the win, Chicago now holds a one-game lead over Minnesota in the AL Central.

Jose Guillen drove in a pair of runs for the Royals MLB team, who have lost seven of their last eight. Kyle Davies (5-4) gave up three runs on nine hits in five innings of work to pick up his second straight loss.

Joel Peralta started on the mound and got Orlando Cabrera to ground out, but then walked Ken Griffey Jr. and Carlos Quentin before getting Jermaine Dye to pop out for the second out of the inning. Thome then stepped to the plate and crushed a 3-1 pitch into the right-center stands for his MLB team. Konerko and Ramirez followed with shots over the left field wall.
Robinson Tejeda then took the mound and Uribe smoked a pitch into the left field stands for a 9-2 lead.
D.J. Carrasco, who got the final out of the sixth, pitched the seventh while Adam Russell threw two perfect innings to finish the contest for his MLB team.