Chicago ? Despite going almost two months without a victory, Luke Hochevar hadn’t lost any confidence in himself.

Hochevar pitched a three-hitter for his first career shutout and Miguel Olivo hit a pair of two-run shots and drove in a career-high six runs as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox, 11-0, Friday night.

Hochevar (7-10) allowed just three singles and struck out five with one walk. The right-hander won his first start since July 25 and won his first game in his last eight decisions. He struck out Ramon Castro in the third inning to start a string of eight consecutive outs.

“Even though I’ve been going through that (losing) stretch I felt like I was throwing the ball well. I really hadn’t lost any confidence,” Hochevar said. “It’s tough. I felt like my stuff was good. I felt like I was making pitches. Sooner or later it was going to break. Luckily it finally happened.”

Hochevar even thought opposing hitters knew what was coming.

“I’ve had so many ups and downs, worrying about tipping pitches and trying to fix that,” Hochevar.

Olivo’s home runs against his former team came in the sixth inning against White Sox starter Mark Buehrle and in the eighth against reliever Jhonny Nunez. It was his third career multi-home run game.

“Wow. Hoch was outstanding, obviously Miggie led the offense. With a tremendous performance,” said Royals manager Trey Hillman.

Olivo also hit a three-run home run in the Royals’ 9-2 win over Detroit on Thursday.

Alberto Callaspo had a two-run triple in the seventh inning and Billy Butler added a two-run double in the eighth inning for Kansas City, which have won nine of its last 11 games.