All-Star catcher Salvador Perez had another multi-homer game, bringing his season home run total to 32, as the Kansas City Royals utilized warm weather and friendly breezes at Wrigley Field to smash five home runs in a 6-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon.
Emmanuel Rivera, Andrew Benintendi, and Cam Gallagher also hit homers for the usually light-on-power Royals, last in the American Legaue with just 124 long balls.
Brad Keller put together another strong start with six innings of four-hit, eight-strikeout baseball, improving to 8-12on the season. Richard Lovelady, Jake Brentz, and Scott Barlow each worked an inning to finish up the game for Kansas City.
Chicago’s Patrick Wisdom gave the Cubs a brief 1-0 lead in the third inning, hammering a ball onto Waveland Avenue, his National League rookie-leading 19th homer of the season. Chicago starter Zach Davies took the loss to fall to 6-10, allowing four of the Royals five long balls.
Here is the MLB Scoreboard from Friday, August 20, 2021:
NY Yankees 10, Minnesota 2
Detroit 4, Toronto 1 (10)
Boston 6, Texas 0
Cleveland 9, LA Angels 1
Chicago White Sox 7, Tampa Bay 5 (11)
Houston 12, Seattle 2
Atlanta 3, Baltimore 0
Oakland 4, San Francisco 1
Philadelphia 4, San Diego 3
LA Dodgers 3, NY Mets 2
Colorado 9, Arizona 4
Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 0
Washington 4, Milwaukee 1
Cincinnati 5, Miami 3
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