Andrew Benintendi lined a fourth-inning sweeper from Ryan Bergert down the right-field line.

The ball just stayed fair for a solo home run, putting the Chicago White Sox ahead against the Kansas City Royals.

It was a short-lived lead.

The Sox surrendered eight runs in the fifth inning, the most they’ve allowed in an inning this season, on the way to a 12-1 loss to the Royals in front of 10,598 at Rate Field.

“It was similar to (Tuesday night) ,” Sox manager Will Venable said. “The Royals did a really good job of putting the ball in play, they put the ball in play hard, used the entire field and really strung together quality at-bats one after the other.

“And once they got going, similar to last night, we just couldn’t stop it.”

The Royals scored three runs on five hits in the ninth

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