DETROIT (AP) — Salvador Perez hit his 318th career home run, breaking George Brett’s Kansas City Royals franchise record, with a solo shot against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. With the Royals trailing 2-1, Perez led off the seventh inning with his 401-foot homer off Kyle Finnegan over the Tigers’ bullpen in left. It was his 31st career homer against Detroit, trailing only the 36 he has hit against the Minnesota Twins.
Perez received an ovation from the Comerica Park crowd after the record was announced. The Royals went on to win the game 3-2 on Nick Loftin’s homer in the ninth inning. Brett held the franchise record for 40 years, having passed Amos Otis with his 194th home run on April 9, 1986.
Perez’s 318 homers for the Royals ranks third among active players who have played for only one team. Mike Trout has 422 homers for the Los Angeles Angels and Aaron Judge has 385 for the New York Yankees. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb Source
The captain takes the title with 318 home runs Salvador Perez, third on baseball's list of home runs among active players who have played for one team, hit his 318th career homer Saturday afternoon, breaking George Brett's franchise record in the Kansas City Royals' 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. 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.
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