Royals belt four homers, rout White Sox

Edward Olivares, Salvador Perez, Michael A. Taylor and Ryan O'Hearn homered as the visiting Kansas City Royals topped the Chicago White Sox 9-1 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

Carlos Hernandez (3-1) handcuffed the American League Central leaders for the second time in six days, yielding one run and two hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out six. It was a follow-up to a July 29 home start