KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jose Quintana pitched seven scoreless innings and Alexei Ramirez hit a three-run homer as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 Saturday night.

Quintana (8-10) defeated the Royals for the first time in 17 career starts after losing his first six decisions.

Quintana, who is 4-1 in nine starts since July 24, yielded five doubles — including two to Kendrys Morales. He struck out four and walked none.

Ramirez homered — his eighth hit in nine at-bats — in the fourth inning with Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia aboard. Ramirez was down in the count 1-2 before parking a Danny Duffy curveball over the left-center wall.

Geovany Soto hit a solo homer in the seventh, his fifth home run in 21 games

Duffy (7-7) was pulled after seven innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, while striking out seven and walking two.