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07/25 14:56 CDT Nick Loftin and Salvador Perez hit late-inning home runs as
Royals rally to beat Tigers 3-2
Nick Loftin and Salvador Perez hit late-inning home runs as Royals rally to
beat Tigers 3-2
By DAVE HOGG
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) --- Nick Loftin hit a tie-breaking home run in the ninth inning as
the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on
Saturday.
The Royals trailed 2-1 going into the seventh, when Salvador Perez hit his
franchise-record 318th home run to tie the game. The homer broke the mark set
by George Brett, who held the record for 40 years.
Hao-Yu Lee homered, doubled and drove in two runs for the Tigers, extending his
hitting streak to a career-best 10 games, but Detroit's winning streak ended at
three.
Neither starter was involved in the decision. Kansas City's Michael Wacha
allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings, while Casey Mize gave up one run
on three hits in six innings.
The teams traded solo runs in the second. A sacrifice fly by KC's Michael
Massey scored Vinnie Pasquantino in the top of the inning before Riley Greene
doubled and scored on Lee's double in the bottom of the inning.
Lee homered in the fourth to put the Tigers ahead, but Perez led off the
seventh with his 401-foot homer off Kyle Finnegan.
Perez came up again in the eighth, this time with runners on first and third
with two out, but grounded into a forceout at second.
Loftin later hit his fifth homer of the season, going deep off Jacob Waguespack
(0-1) with one out.
Greene led off the ninth with a single off Daniel Lynch IV (4-2), and Royals
manager Matt Quatraro brought in former Tigers closer Alex Lange.
Lange struck out Lee, and after Zach McKinstry singled to right to put runners
on the corners with one out, Lange struck out Matt Vierling before retiring
pinch-hitter Spencer Torkelson to earn his 10th save.
Up next The teams finish their four-game series on Sunday, with Tigers LHP Framber Valdez (5-7, 5.47 ERA) starting against a Royals opener. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb |
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