Two homers from Salvador Perez leads Royals to victory over Chicago Cubs

With inputs from the Associated Press

Thanks to two homers from Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals registered a 6-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday in the Major League Baseball.

Although the Royals are last in the American League in home runs with 124, they hit a barrage of them in the game — five to be absolutely specific. Emmanuel Rivera hit his first career homer, while Andrew Benintendi and Cam Gallagher also connected.

When Perez took the base in the sixth inning, the scores were tied a 2-2. But with his second homer of the night off Zach Davies (6-10), the 31-year-old Venezuelan-American put the Royals ahead.

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Additionally, the catcher also connected in the fourth.

“The guy loves to play the game and I love watching him,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said, according to Associated Press inputs.

Meanwhile, Royals starter Brad Keller (8-12) had his second straight strong start after giving up two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings against St. Louis on Saturday. The right-hander struck out eight, allowing one earned run on four hits in six innings.

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The Royals were led by Richard Lovelady, Jake Brentz, and Scott Barlow in the first game of a 10-game tour. Four of Kansas City’s past five games have resulted in victories.

“I’m just trying to build upon every start,” Keller said. “I felt pretty good toward my last start and tried to bring it into this start.”

Chicago’s Patrick Wisdom who has been having an incredible debut season, homered in the third homer and currently leads NL rookies with 19 homers.

Davies allowed four home runs. The right-hander threw six innings, allowing five hits and striking out five.

Chicago has lost 11 straight home games. The Cubs have dropped 43 of their last 58 games after leading the NL Central in June.