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 The Kansas City Royals trailed 5-2 before their catcher hit a
two-run, seventh-inning homer. Perez ended up with four RBIs,
matching his career best, and the Royals pounded out a 10-7 victory
over the Toronto Blue Jays.
"We had two hits the first six innings, and Salvador's homer
jump-started our offense," Royals manager Ned Yost said.
The Royals sent 10 men to the plate in a six-run eighth inning,
which included a two-run double by Perez and a two-run single by
second baseman Omar Infante, who drove in six runs Sunday.
"It sure is a luxury having him join this year," Yost said of
Infante.
Perez posted his third consecutive multi-hit game after a 1-for-29
dry spell.
"Working, working, working," Perez said. "I feel ... better at home
plate."
Perez homered on a 1-2 pitch from right-handed reliever Steve
Delabar.
"I missed with a fastball over the plate," Delabar said. "He pulled
the split (split-finger fastball) foul. I probably should come back
with another one. If I spin it in the dirt, he's walking back to the
dugout. But I threw a heater, up, and he did with it what he's
supposed to do with it."
The Royals, who have scored 19 runs in the past two games, improved
to 13-0 when scoring more than three runs.
First baseman Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer in the ninth for
the Blue Jays. Blue Jays left fielder Melky Cabrera doubled,
tripled, drove in two runs and hiked his hit total to a
major-league-high 41.
Aaron Crow (1-1) picked up the victory by throwing a scoreless top
of the eighth.
Brett Cecil (0-2) took the loss after giving up the first two of
Kansas City's six runs in the eighth.
The Royals took advantage of some shoddy Blue Jays play to score
twice in the second. The inning included right-hander Dustin McGowan
walking two and uncorking a wild pitch that scored designated hitter
Billy Butler, who lead off with a single for the only hit of the
inning.
Catcher Dioner Navarro committed a throwing error when Alcides
Escobar stole second base, letting Alex Gordon, who had walked,
scamper home.
McGowan limited the Royals to three hits and three runs (two earned)
in six-plus innings but settled for a no-decision.
"He was great," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "It turned out
it was a crappy game, but he was fantastic."
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Catcher Dioner Navarro committed a throwing error when Alcides
Escobar stole second base, which let Alex Gordon, who had walked, to
scamper home. Right fielder Jose Bautista homered over the left field fence
with two out in the first on a 1-1 pitch from Royals left-hander
Jason Vargas. Bautista, who has reached base safely in all 26 games,
leads the American League in walks, on-base percentage and
on-base-plus-slugging percentage. He walked twice, bringing his
total to a major league high of 29, one shy of the Blue Jays' record
for a month with one game remaining.
The Royals won a challenge in the second inning that took a Toronto
run off the board. With runners on the corners and two outs, umpire
Mark Wegner called second baseman Chris Getz safe for an infield
single, with Navarro scoring on the hit. After Royals manager Ned
Yost asked for a review, the call was overturned and Getz was called
out, nullifying the run.
The Blue Jays grabbed a 3-2 lead in the fifth when shortstop Jose
Reyes doubled with one out and scored on Cabrera's triple to
right-center. Cabrera scored on a Vargas wild pitch.
Vargas lasted 6 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits.
NOTES: Rain delayed the start of the game 27 minutes. ... INF Chris
Getz, who was hitting .308 with Triple-A Buffalo, was promoted and
started at second base. Rookie INF Ryan Goins was demoted to Buffalo
with a .150 batting average and one RBI in 18 games. ... Royals LHP
Bruce Chen will be skipped a start with a bulging disk, for which he
received an epidural shot. He is penciled in to start Saturday
against the Detroit Tigers. ... The Blue Jays released RHP Mickey
Storey. ... Blue Jays RHP Drew Hutchison and Royals RHP Yordano
Ventura are the Wednesday probables. ...Toronto 1B Edwin
Encarnanacion is three home runs shy of 200 for his career.
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