Six-run first paces Sox past Royals

CHICAGO - They talked about getting off to a good start. About coming out and avoiding any sort of second-half letdown. About returning with confidence. About hitting the ground running, roaring out of the gate, etc. It seemed merely bluster - that is, until their words proved prophetic. Eight consecutive runners reached safely as the White Sox kicked off the second half with a six-run bottom of the first inning Friday night against Kansas City. The inning sparked the first-place Sox to a 9-5 victory at U.S. Cellular Field. “It was great,” Ozzie Guillen said of the first inning. “As a manager, you always worry about how those guys are going to come out after four days. To see them come out and swing the bat that way, you feel a little bit