Pittsburgh Pirates at Kansas City Royals

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Pittsburgh Pirates

38-56, 12-35 Away

Final
3 - 4

Kansas City Royals

46-48, 23-24 Home

Perez and Caglianone power Royals to 4-3 win over Pirates for 3-game sweep

Perez broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with his longball off Isaac Mattson (2-1). He opened the scoring with a 444-foot shot to center in the second.

But the most impressive homer of the game belonged to Caglianone — a 466-foot, two-run drive to center in the fourth against Bailey Falter. It was the longest homer by a Royals rookie since Statcast started tracking in 2015 and the fourth-longest by any Kansas City player at Kauffman Stadium.

The Royals have won six of seven overall. They did not have a multi-homer game this season before doing it Monday night against Pittsburgh, and now they've done it three games in a row. Kansas City hit nine homers in the series.

Pittsburgh fell to 0-6 on its nine-game trip ahead of the All-Star break after getting shut out in three straight games at Seattle.

Perez had his second multi-homer game of the season and 19th of his career, extending his franchise record.

Lucas Erceg (4-2) worked a scoreless eighth and Carlos Estevez pitched the ninth for his 25th save.

Ke'Bryan Hayes had a two-run single in the Pirates' three-run sixth.

Key moment Perez sent the first pitch of the eighth to the walkway just short of the fountains in right-center.

Key stat Kansas City swept a series at home for the first time since a four-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox in early May.

Up next Pirates: Begin a three-game series at Minnesota on Friday.

Royals: Host the New York Mets for three games starting Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Frazier out at second.
	9th Inning	Horwitz flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Frazier singled to left.
	9th Inning	Frazier hit for Bart
	9th Inning	Hayes struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Erceg

Statistics

PIT		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	5
10	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	1
131	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	25
36	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	8
2.4	Runs Created	8.6
.235	Batting Average	.324
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.735
.088	Secondary Average	.500
.278	On Base Percentage	.378
.572	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.114
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.7
24.0	Batter Rating	47.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.64	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.059	Isolated Power	.412
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.147	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.176
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
74.5	MLB Rating	96.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0