Perez, Cordero each homer twice as Royals rip Cards
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[September 24, 2020]
Salvador Perez and Franchy
Cordero each hit two homers and drove in five runs as the Kansas
City Royals clobbered the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 12-3 in the
rubber game of a three-game series Wednesday.
Perez tied his career high in RBIs with five on his first two
swings. Cordero never previously had more than three RBIs in a game.
It was the Royals' first victory in a rubber game all season, having
lost 33 of their past 38 rubber games since 2017.
The Cardinals (27-26) fell into a tie with the Cincinnati Reds
(29-28) for second place in the National League Central; the top two
teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. In the NL wild-card
race, St. Louis, Cincinnati and San Francisco (28-27) ended the day
tied, with the Philadelphia Phillies (28-29) and Milwaukee Brewers
(27-28) each one game back.
Danny Duffy (4-4) earned the win for the Royals (23-33). He allowed
one run on six hits with five strikeouts and one walk in 5 2/3
innings.
Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez (0-3) allowed eight runs on nine
hits with two walks and three strikeouts in five-plus innings. He
left with two on and no outs in the sixth, apparently feeling pain
in his left side. With Dakota Hudson already out for the year, the
Cardinals will find it difficult to afford to lose another starter.
Perez put the Royals on the board in the first with a two-run home
run to straightaway center. Hunter Dozier led off the second with a
triple, and he scored on an infield single by Cordero.
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Cardinals starting pitcher Carlos Martinez (18) delivers a pitch in
the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Perez came up in the third with runners on first and second and no
outs. He hit it into the fountains in left center, giving him six
homers and 19 RBIs in the past nine games.
Duffy, meanwhile, was cruising, allowing one more than the minimum
through four innings. He finally gave up a run on an RBI single by
Dexter Fowler in the fifth.
The Royals added five more in the sixth, three on Cordero's
three-run homer, another on a double by Adalberto Mondesi and the
fifth on an RBI double by Maikel Franco. Cordero's second homer, in
the eighth, gave the Royals a dozen runs.
The Cards added two runs in the ninth.
--Field Level Media
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