CHICAGO _ Lucas Giolito capped a dominating May in style.
The right-hander matched a career high with 10 strikeouts to lead the White Sox to a 4-3 victory in Tuesday's regularly scheduled game against the Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Giolito pitched eight strong innings, allowing three runs on three hits to continue an impressive May.
Entering the game, Giolito was 4-0 in May with a 1.35 ERA in five starts. That stretch included a complete-game, four-hit shutout in his last start Thursday against the Astros. With Tuesday's outing, Giolito improved to 7-1 with a 2.85 ERA.
He surrendered two hits in the first, including a three-run homer to Alex Gordon. Giolito didn't allow another hit until a single by Cam Gallagher leading off the eighth.
Giolito also had 10 strikeouts Sept. 3, 2017, in seven innings against the Rays.
The Sox tied the game with three runs in the third. Leury Garcia had an RBI single while Jose Abreu and Yonder Alonso knocked in runs with sacrifice flies.
Charlie Tilson put the Sox ahead, driving in James McCann with a single in the fourth. McCann had three hits in the game and is batting .350.
Alex Colome pitched a scoreless ninth for his 10th save as the Sox won both games Tuesday. The day began with a 2-1 victory in the completion of Monday's suspended game.
