White Sox extend five-game win streak

The Chicago White Sox closed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 6-2 win on Thursday at Rate Field, pushing their winning streak to five games and moving the club above.500 for the first time after 40-plus games since October 2022. MLB’s official game story showed Chicago improving to 22-21, while the Royals fell to 19-25. MLB standings entering Friday listed the White Sox on a W5 run, the longest active streak in the American League Central and one of the longer active runs in the majors. Thursday’s result completed a sweep that gave Chicago its longest winning streak of the season. The White Sox had gone 6-4 over their last 10 games entering Friday, according to the club standings page, and Kansas City entered Friday on a four-game losing streak. ### How did Chicago finish off the sweep on Thursday? Randal Grichuk supplied the biggest swing on May 14 with a two-run homer in the first inning and a two-run single in the third, accounting for four of Chicago’s six runs. (mlb.com) MLB’s game log also credited Chase Meidroth with an RBI single in the fourth and Derek Hill with an RBI single in the eighth. Anthony Kay earned the win for Chicago and improved to 3-1, according to MLB’s scoreboard. (mlb.com) Sean Newcomb recorded the save after getting the final out, while Royals starter Kris Bubic took the loss and fell to 3-2. ### What does the standings page show after five straight wins? MLB’s White Sox standings page listed Chicago at 22-21 and one game behind the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Central after Thursday’s games. (mlb.com) The same page showed the White Sox at 12-9 at home and 10-12 on the road. The standings page also showed Chicago at 4-8 against teams at or above.500, a reminder that the club’s recent climb has come with more work ahead inside the division and against stronger opponents. (mlb.com) That characterization is based on the official records page, which lists the category but does not explain it further. ### Was this really the longest active streak in Major League Baseball? (mlb.com) MLB’s official standings page showed the White Sox with a five-game streak entering Friday. The same page showed other contenders with shorter active streaks, including Cleveland at three games, Texas at two and the New York Mets at three. An MLB feature tracking the season’s longest winning streaks listed several clubs that had longer runs earlier in 2026, including the Chicago Cubs with two separate 10-game streaks and the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres with eight-game streaks. (mlb.com) But that page referred to longest streaks during the season, not active streaks as of Friday. ### What’s next on the schedule? MLB’s official 2026 schedule shows the White Sox returning to the field on Friday, May 15, against the Chicago Cubs at Rate Field as part of Rivalry Weekend. That means the preliminary note that Chicago’s next game is Saturday in Cleveland was not supported by the current MLB schedule. The Cleveland Guardians were scheduled to host the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, according to MLB’s team schedule pages. (mlb.com) Chicago’s next listed road trip in the material reviewed was not a Friday opener in Cleveland. Friday’s White Sox-Cubs game is the next concrete marker for Chicago’s streak. MLB’s schedule page lists the matchup for May 15 at Rate Field, with the White Sox trying to extend the run to six straight. (mlb.com 1) (mlb.com 2) (mlb.com 3)