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Matt Shaw and Pete Crow-Armstrong hit solo
shots for Chicago, which entered tied with Milwaukee for first
place in the NL Central and the best record in the majors.
Pasquantino’s pair of 400-foot-plus drives gave him two
multi-homer games this season, three for his career and upped
his season total to 17. He entered with just one hit in his
previous 16 at-bats.
Seth Lugo (7-5) tossed six innings, allowing two runs on four
hits. The right-hander stuck out six and walked two before three
relievers wrapped up the win.
The 35-year-old Perez has five homers in his last five games and
cracked three in the series to give him a team leading 18.
Chicago's Colin Rea (8-4) was tagged with six runs, five earned,
on six hits in five innings, ending his four-start winning
streak.
Key moment
Pasquantino drove his second homer off Rea’s full-count
down-the-middle curve in the fifth to up the Royals lead to 6-2.
Tolbert put it out of reach in the sixth, making it 8-2 with a
drive off reliever Drew Pomeranz.
Tolbert left the game in the bottom of the eighth with muscle
cramping.
Key stat
Rea had allowed only five runs over 23 2/3 innings in his four
previous starts for an ERA of 1.90.
Up next
Royals RHP Michael Wacha (4-9, 3.62 ERA) faces Guardians RHP
Gavin Williams (6-4, 3.54) on Friday in Kansas City.
Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (7-3, 2.40) starts Friday at Rate Field
against the White Sox, who send RHP Adrian Houser (5-2, 1.89) to
the mound.
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