Perez homers twice, Royals pull away from Yankees 8-4

— Salvador Perez homered twice to set a career high with 29 this season, and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the New York Yankees 8-4 on Tuesday night.
Aug 11, 2021, 05:27 am - AP
NYY
KC
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J. Staumont
win

J. Staumont2-2

1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 K, 0 BB
N. Cortes
loss

N. Cortes0-1

5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 5 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

NYYKC
1stPerez homered to left center (418 feet), Merrifield scored.02
3rdVelazquez scored on Lynch wild pitch.12
4thHigashioka homered to left center (408 feet), Odor scored.32
5thMerrifield scored on throwing error by catcher Higashioka.33
6thLeMahieu singled to right, Davis scored.43
6thPerez homered to left (377 feet).44
6thDozier doubled to deep center, Rivera scored, Dozier out stretching at third.45
7thAlberto sacrificed, Taylor scored, Alberto to first on throwing error by pitcher Ridings, Alberto to second.46
7thLopez sacrificed to pitcher, Alberto scored.47
8thAlberto hit sacrifice fly to center, Benintendi scored.48
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