Slide over, George Brett, there is a new Kansas City Royals all-time chief for residence runs, and his title is Salvador Perez.
Salvador Perez hits residence run No. 318
Within the prime of the seventh inning of Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Detroit Tigers, Perez launched what wasn’t solely a game-tying residence run, but in addition a record-setting one.
It was residence run No. 318 of Perez’s profession, and it broke a tie with the aforementioned Brett for essentially the most in Royals franchise historical past.
Perez tied Brett with residence run No. 317 on Wednesday. Three days later, he set the report at, fittingly sufficient, the identical ballpark the place he hit his first MLB residence run in 2011.
