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 Salvador Perez homered among his two hits and scored a pair of
runs while Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain also finished with two
hits and an RBI for the Royals, who improved to 14-7 this month.
Guthrie (5-6) allowed two runs and seven hits with five strikeouts
in winning his third straight start and Greg Holland yielded a run
in the ninth before nailing down his 22nd save.
Adrian Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and Hanley Ramirez
added a two-run double for the Dodgers, who lost for just the second
time in seven games. Former Royals hurler Zack Greinke (9-4) was
tagged for five runs and a season high-tying 11 hits over 5 2/3
frames.
 Kansas City got to Greinke early as Perez deposited the veteran's
first pitch of the second inning over the wall in left-center field
for his ninth blast. It doubled the lead later in the frame, when
Escobar hit a two-out single and advanced on a wild pitch before
scoring on Dyson's base hit.
Dyson led off the fifth with a single and stole second before racing
home on a base hit by Cain to make it 3-0. The Royals tacked on two
more runs in the sixth as Escobar delivered a two-out RBI triple and
scored on Dyson's third single of the night.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Perez pulled even with LF Alex Gordon for the team
lead in home runs. ... Guthrie posted just his second win in 11
night starts this season. ... Gonzalez's homer in the ninth inning
was his team-leading 13th but first since May 21 at the New York
Mets.
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