After getting swept at home by the White Sox last week, the Royals got their first sip of revenge with a 13-9 win in Chicago on Monday. To get the win, they had to come from behind twice. Trailing 2-0 in the fourth inning, Kansas City took the lead with RBI’s from Desi Relaford, Angel Berroa and Dee Brown. But the White Sox rallied for four runs, which included a three-run homer from Westphalia, Missouri native Joe Crede in the fifth inning. The Royals took the lead for good in the sixth inning when they exploded for seven runs. Aaron Guiel sparked the explosion with a three-run double. In all, seven Royals drove in at least one run with Guiel and Angel Berroa collecting three RBI’s apiece. Dee Brown had career-high four hits, driving in two and scoring twice. Runelvys Hernandez was charged with six runs, but still got the win to improve to 6-4 on the season and Al Levine earned his first save as a Royal. Kansas City extended its lead to three games over Chicago in the A.L. West standings.

Lightning did in last night’s Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, which gave the Chiefs a 9-0 win. Morten Anderson kicked field goals of 32 and 51-yards to put Kansas City up 6-0 at the half. Just before halftime, lineman Willie Jones sprained his neck, causing temporary paralysis. He lay on the field for ten minutes before being carted away. Jones later regained feelings in his fingers and toes and has been hospitalized. In the second half Jose Cortez kicked the final field goal of the evening to make it 9-0. Priest Holmes had five carries for 14 yards. With 5:29 to go in the third quarter, the game was called because of lightning. The Chiefs suffered one other injury when defensive end Eric Hicks hurt his ankle.

The United States basketball team topped Uruguay 74-72 at the Pan Am Games yesterday thanks in large part to the team’s two Tigers. Arthur Johnson not only led the U.S. in scoring with 17 points, but he also hit a free throw to tie the game at 72. Moments later, Rickey Paulding hit a free throw to give Team U.S.A. a 73-72 lead and he hit another for the final score, finishing with seven points on the night. Paulding also hit a clutch jumper to give the U.S. a win over Argentina in the opener on Saturday. The U.S. will play Brazil in the semifinals tonight.

Blues Center Pavol Demitra will have the opportunity to make $6.5-million with the Blues next season. The decision from his arbitration hearing was announced yesterday and he was awarded the second-highest salary by an arbitrator in NHL history. Demitra made just under $4-million last season. He certainly put up numbers worthy of a raise, scoring 36 goals and dishing out 57 assists to lead the Blues in scoring last season. He was sixth in the NHL overall. The Blues have 72 hours to decide whether or not they want to sign him to a one-year deal at that price. If not Demitra will become an unrestricted free agent.