Pittsburgh Pirates at Kansas City Royals

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Pittsburgh Pirates

38-54, 12-33 Away

Final
3 - 9

Kansas City Royals

44-48, 21-24 Home

Witt Jr. and Perez homer to back Cameron's strong start as Royals beat Pirates 9-3

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Cameron (3-4) struck out seven in a season-high seven innings. The left-hander allowed three hits, a walk, and two runs — on Tommy Pham's two-run shot in the third.

Witt went 2 for 3 and scored twice to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. Witt hit his 13th homer, a two-run shot the opposite way to right-center field off reliever Chase Shugart to give the Royals a 6-2 lead in the fourth. He added a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Witt finished off a seven-game trip Sunday by extending his club-record hitting streak on the road to 25 games.

Perez hit his 11th homer, a solo shot to left in the fifth for a five-run advantage. He hit his 24th double off the top of the wall in left to drive in a run for a 3-2 lead in the third.

Vinnie Pasquantino hit a two-out pitch from Andrew Heaney in the first for his 15th homer and a 1-0 lead. Nick Loftin hit his second, a one-out solo shot off Génesis Cabrera in the eighth. Heaney (4-8) threw 76 pitches and allowed four runs in three innings.

Pham's homer was his third. It snapped Pittsburgh's 30-inning scoreless streak and gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead.

Steven Cruz pitched a scoreless eighth and Jonathan Bowlan allowed Alexander Canario's RBI single in the ninth to finish for Kansas City.

Key moment Cameron didn't surrender a hit after Bryan Reynolds' leadoff single in the third.

Key stat The Royals hit more home runs in their first home game of July than they did in the month of June.

Up next Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (3-10, 3.64) starts Tuesday opposite Royals RHP Seth Lugo (6-5, 2.65).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Davis struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Canario to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Canario reached on infield single to second, N. Gonzales scored.
	9th Inning	N. Gonzales to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Hayes lined out to right.
	9th Inning	N. Gonzales walked.

Statistics

PIT		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	5
3	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	28
34	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
1	Extra Base Hits	7
1.1	Runs Created	9.5
.129	Batting Average	.353
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.824
.194	Secondary Average	.500
.206	On Base Percentage	.378
.432	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.202
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.7
19.0	Batter Rating	66.5
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	8.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.097	Isolated Power	.471
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.027
.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.147
6.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
68.0	MLB Rating	111.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0