Kansas City Royals at Chicago Cubs
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Perez hits 2 of Royals' 5 homers in 6-2 victory over Cubs
Emmanuel Rivera hit his first career homer, and Andrew Benitendi and Cam Gallagher also connected. The Royals are last in the American League in home runs with 124.
Perez broke a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning with his second homer of the day off Zach Davies (6-10). The catcher also connected in the fourth.
“The guy loves to play the game and I love watching him,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said.
Royals starter Brad Keller (8-12) had his second straight strong start after giving up two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings against St. Louis on Saturday. The right-hander struck out eight, allowing one earned run on four hits in six innings.
Richard Lovelady, Jake Brentz and Scott Barlow finished for the Royals in the opener of a 10-game trip. Kansas City has won four of its last five games.
“I’m just trying to build upon every start,” Keller said. “I felt pretty good toward my last start and tried to bring it into this start.”
Chicago’s Patrick Wisdom homered in the third. He leads NL rookies with 19 homers.
Davies allowed four home runs. The right-hander threw six innings, allowing five hits and striking out five.
Rivera tied it with his homer in the fifth, Benitendi hit a solo shot in the sixth and Jarrod Dyson added an insurance run in the eighth when he drove in a run on a grounder off reliever Ryan Meisinger. Gallagher homered off Jake Jewell in the ninth.
“After we got a lead early, I put our team in a bad spot,” Davies said. “With Keller on the mound, with their bullpen, we just couldn’t come back home.”
Chicago has lost 11 straight home games. The Cubs have dropped 43 of their last 58 games after leading the NL Central in June.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: INF Nico Hoerner (right oblique) will take ground balls all weekend and could go on a rehab assignment next week … RHP Adbert Alzolay (left hamstring) threw a bullpen Friday that Cubs manager David Ross said went well … C Wilson Contreras (right knee) hit in the batting cage and will be examined by a doctor.
UP NEXT
Royals left-hander Kris Bubic (3-6, 5.09 ERA) and Cubs right-hander Keegan Thompson (3-2, 2.21 ERA) start Saturday. Bubic will look to rebound after giving up seven runs and nine hits in 1 1/3 innings pitched against St. Louis on Sunday. Thompson will make his second career start.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Hermosillo struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Duffy grounded out to second. |
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9th Inning | Wisdom struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Barlow relieved Brentz |
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9th Inning | Lopez struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Merrifield grounded out to third, Brentz to second. |
Statistics
 KC |
 CHC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 0 | Ground Balls | 0 |
| 7 | Strikeouts | 13 |
| 6 | Runs Batted In | 2 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Hit | 1 |
| 8 | Hits | 5 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 3 | Walks | 1 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 6 | Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 34 | At Bats | 30 |
| 5 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 9 | Runners Left On Base | 10 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 0 |
| 0 | Fly Balls | 0 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 153 | Pitches | 133 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 24 | Total Bases | 8 |
| 38 | Plate Appearances | 33 |
| 810.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 6 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
| 7.6 | Runs Created | 1.2 |
| .235 | Batting Average | .167 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .706 | Slugging Percentage | .267 |
| .588 | Secondary Average | .133 |
| .297 | On Base Percentage | .219 |
| 1.003 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .485 |
| 0.0 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.0 |
| 7.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 1.2 |
| 50.0 | Batter Rating | 16.0 |
| 6.8 | At Bats Per Home Run | 30.0 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.03 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.03 |
| .471 | Isolated Power | .100 |
| 0.43 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.08 |
| .079 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .030 |
| .353 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.033 |
| 12.0 | Runs Produced | 4.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.8 | Patience Ratio | 0.3 |
| 0.1 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 96.0 | MLB Rating | 67.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 31,835 | Capacity: