Aaron Judge flied out to just shy of the track in right field, Rizzo walked and Gleyber Torres hit a game-ending lineout to centre. Taylor Clarke (2-1) threw a perfect eighth, then gave up DJ LeMahieu's single with one out in the ninth. "But this team just wants to keep fighting, play the game hard." "Had a couple tough ones, they start to affect anybody," Matheny said. The win also snapped a five-game losing streak for the Royals, who entered Sunday with the third-worst record in baseball.
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Kansas City went 1-6 against the AL leading-Yankees, who last swept a season series of seven games or more by going 7-0 against Minnesota in 2009. "But I think the two batters before - just a walk and hit by pitch - allowed them to get something going there." "Trying to get a ground ball there and he's a pretty good fastball hitter and that one probably just got a little much of the plate," Holmes said. Holmes (5-2) blew a save for the third time in 20 chances. If you make a mistake, someone's going to get you." "He's got some good stuff, good sinker, good slider, both sides of the plate to righties, to lefties. "I like to compete - I'm going to do my best, I don't care who's on the mound," Perez said. 296 with 33 homers in 686 career at-bats in late and close situations _ in the seventh inning or later with the Royals either ahead by one run, tied or trailing with the tying or go-ahead run at the plate, on base or on deck. "You just don't see right-handers take a lot of good at-bats against him. "He's got such good sink and his numbers are so overwhelming," Royals manager Mike Matheny said. It was the first home run allowed this year by Holmes, who was facing his 181st batter. Perez, who struck out three times and popped out to the catcher in his first four at-bats, drove a 1-2 sinker 441 feet into Monument Park behind the center-field wall.
was hit on the right hand with a pitch, forcing him from the game. Whit Merrifield walked with one out - Holmes' eighth walk in his last eight games after he issued just five in his first 37 appearances. Gordon has languished into one of the game’s least effective players, but there he was taking Tepera deep to make history.NEW YORK - Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer off All-Star closer Clay Holmes in the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 8-6 Sunday to avoid being swept in the season series. As the home run revolution- likely the result of a juiced ball-has seen veterans and rookies alike ascend to heights unexpected. That it was Gordon who struck the record-breaking ball is a terrific piece of irony: Going into Tuesday’s action, of the 149 hitters who qualified for the batting title, not one had a worse slugging percentage on the season than Gordon’s. Most Home Runs in a Season: 2017 Surpasses 2000 as Most Prolific Year for Home Runs And with a dozen days still to go before the regular season comes to a close, there’s a decent chance that the 6,000 mark may be breached-that there will be literally twice as many home runs hit in 2017 as there were 25 years ago. Never before in baseball history has it seemingly been easier to hit a home run. Pollock one from Athletics rookie first baseman Matt Olson, his 15th in his last 21 games and the 26th of the season from Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett, who came into the year with a career total of 35 in 456 games. Included in that barrage were two from the Diamondbacks’ A.J.
By the time Tuesday night had come to a close, the league’s home run total sat at 5,707 thanks to 30 home runs from 29 different players across 16 games.