The losses kept piling up Thursday for the White Sox.
The Sox lost manager Rick Renteria to an ejection in the second inning.
The Sox lost a three-run lead in the third and eventually lost their seventh consecutive game, falling to the Royals 6-5 in front of 13,157 at Kauffman Stadium.
The Sox scored a run in the ninth, and had runners on first and second with two outs, but Ian Kennedy struck out A.J. Reed to end the game.
Starter Ross Detwiler allowed five runs on eight hits in 2? innings as the ugly start to the second half continued for the Sox.
They have not won a game since returning from the All-Star break and are a season-high nine games under .500 (42-51).
Thursday started well with the Sox scoring twice in the first.
Renteria was ejected after a single by Yolmer Sanchez in the second. An announcement in the press box said the ejection came from a ball-strike argument.
Yoan Moncada hit a solo home run in the third to extend the lead to 3-0.
The wheels fell off in the bottom of the inning. Cheslor Cuthbert hit a solo home run and Jorge Soler added a two-run blast to tie the game at 3. Billy Hamilton broke the tie later in the inning with a two-run single off reliever Dylan Covey.
The Royals outscored the Sox 29-12 in the series on the way to the four-game sweep.
It won't get any easier Friday, as the Sox continue their longest road trip of the season with the first of three against the Rays.
