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07/18 18:32 CDT Salvador Perez and Lane Thomas hit 2-run HRs, Royals beat
Padres 6-1
Salvador Perez and Lane Thomas hit 2-run HRs, Royals beat Padres 6-1
By CODY FRIESEN
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- Salvador Perez and Lane Thomas homered to help the
Kansas City Royals beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 on Saturday.
Thomas hit a 421-foot two-run home run to left field off Griffin Canning in the
first and Perez added a two-run shot, his 12th this season, to center field
that capped the scoring in the sixth.
Perez, a 36-year-old catcher, has 315 career home runs, two shy of the
franchise record held by Hall of Famer George Brett.
Jac Caglianone's run-scoring double in the third extended his hit streak to
nine games. Isaac Collins added an RBI single in the fourth and Vinnie
Pasquantino singled to extend an on-base streak to 14 games.
Randy Dobnak allowed one run and four hits in 4 1/3 innings for the Royals.
Daniel Lynch IV (3-2) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win.
Canning (1-8) allowed four runs and five hits with four strikeouts in 3 2/3
innings.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a solo shot to left field in the third, walked twice and
had a stolen base. Tatis has reached safely in 33 of his last 36 games.
Ty France and Jake Cronenworth each had two hits.
San Diego had six hits, went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position and hit
into three double plays.
The Royals clinched their 10th series win of the season. Kansas City won a
series against the Padres for the first time since 2023 and took a set from San
Diego at Kauffman Stadium for the first time since 2002.
Up next
Padres RHP Germn Mrquez (4-2, 5.18 ERA) starts Sunday in the series finale
opposite LHP Noah Cameron (5-7, 4.89).
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