White Sox 6, Royals 5: Adam Dunn and Connor Gillaspie each belted two-run homers as host Chicago snapped a four-game losing streak.

Marcus Semien and Jordan Danks added solo shots to help rookie Erik Johnson win his third consecutive start and assure that the White Sox would avoid reaching 100 losses. Five relievers bridged the gap to Addison Reed, who finished up for his 40th save.

Johnson (3-2) held Kansas City hitless for 4 1/3 innings and wound up giving up three runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings. Kansas City rookie Yordano Ventura (0-1) suffered his first major-league loss in his third career start, allowing four runs and three homers in four innings.

Billy Butler and Salvador Perez each had two-run homers and Mike Moustakas added a solo shot for the Royals, who had their six-game winning streak in Chicago come to a halt.

Semien and Danks went deep in the second inning before Dunn clubbed his 34th homer in the third for a 4-0 edge. Moustakas got Kansas City on the board in the fifth and Butler cut the deficit to 4-3 with his two-run blast in the sixth, but Gillaspie restored the lead to three with his two-run shot off Tim Collins in the seventh.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The White Sox announced after the game that hitting coach Jeff Manto was fired. Assistant hitting coach Harold Baines will fill in for his Sunday. ... Butler's blast was his first since Aug. 27, ending a 29-game homerless drought, while Perez went deep for the first time in 18 games ... Dunn's homer was the 440th of his career, putting him within two of Dave Kingman for 38th place on the all-time list.