US EditionPerez Leads Royals to Rout of White Sox
Salvador Perez's 993 RBIs place him third in Royals history, while Korey Lee became the third White Sox player to catch and pitch in one game, a feat unseen for over 120 years.
- On Wednesday night, Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox 12-1 at Guaranteed Rate Field, with Salvador Perez hitting a leadoff homer and a two-run double in the eight-run fifth.
- In a rare occurrence for the franchise, Korey Lee became only the third White Sox player to both catch and pitch in the same game, joining Frank Isbell and Sam Mertes from September 28, 1902.
- Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino ignited the rally when Witt's two-run single and Pasquantino's two-run single gave Kansas City a 5-1 lead, while Mike Yastrzemski's three-run homer extended it to 11-1 and Witt extended his hitting streak to 16 games.
- Ryan Bergert secured the win by pitching six innings for his first victory in five starts, while Salvador Perez's double pushed his RBI total to 993, surpassing Amos Otis for third in Royals history.
- With the season winding down, the Chicago White Sox must win 15 of their final 29 games to avoid a third straight 100-loss season, while general manager Chris Getz said the team will bolster the relief corps in the offseason.
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White Sox’s Korey Lee Achieves Feat Unseen in Over a Century
Korey Lee etched his name into Chicago White Sox lore in a unique fashion, and not in the way players typically do. In the lopsided 12‑1 loss to the Kansas City Royals, Lee became just the third player in White Sox history to both catch and pitch in the same game, a feat not seen since the early 1900s.On that fateful Wednesday night at Rate Field, Lee entered the game in the seventh inning as a defensive replacement behind the plate, substitutin…
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (AP) — Venezuelan Salvador Pérez connected an initial home run and a double of two runs in the fifth inning in which Kansas City scored eight times, while the Royals crushed the Chicago White Sox 12-1 on Wednesday night. Pérez’s double took him to 993 races produced, one more than Amos Otis to take third place in the history of the Royals. Next on the list is Hal McRae with 1,012. George Brett leads with 1,596. Ryan Bergert (2-1) release…
GazetteXtra
Perez leads Royals to 12-1 rout of White Sox and moves into 3rd place on franchise RBI list
CHICAGO (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a leadoff homer and a two-run double in Kansas City's eight-run fifth inning as the Royals pummeled the Chicago White Sox 12-1 on Wednesday night.
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