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Salvador Perez hits 3-run HR, Brady Singer pitches 6 dominant innings as Royals beat Rangers 7-1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer, Brady Singer pitched six dominant innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 7-1 on Friday night.

Perez hit his eighth home run of the season in Kansas City's six-run seventh inning to break open what was a pitcher's duel. Kyle Isbel, Vinnie Pasquantino and Bobby Witt Jr. had RBI singles before Perez gave the Royals a 7-1 lead.

“That was amazing, I hadn't seen it that special since 2021 when I hit 48 home runs and I appreciate the fans in Kansas City,” Perez said. “We're winning right now and hopefully it stays that way. I think they feel the same energy we have in the dugout.”

Prior to that, Michael Lorenzen had his best start of the season for Texas, giving up three hits and one run - on a homer by Hunter Renfroe - in six innings. He walked two and struck out three while throwing 86 pitches.

“They're an athletic team and they're going to swing,” Lorenzen said. "You just have to trust your defense and believe they're going to do a good job behind you.

Cole Winn (0-1) then gave up four runs in one-third of an inning and Jose Urena gave up two more before closing out the inning.

“I think you can attribute Cole being a little off,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “His command and everything was a little bit off tonight.”

The Royals have won three straight and seven of their last 10. The Rangers had won three of their previous four.

Singer allowed just one run and four hits while striking out eight with no walks. He hasn’t given up more than one run in five of his seven starts this season.

“I was happy to get out of the sixth there honestly,” Singer said. “I didn't want to walk anybody after the last couple outings and I just went out there and attacked the strike zone.”

The lone blemish against Singer came on an RBI single by Corey Seager that drove in Marcus Semien in the third inning.

John Schreiber (3-0) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, striking out Semien to keep the score at 1-1 before the Royals' big inning in the bottom half.

“We had no room for error and Schreiber has been excellent,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “To get where we were in that game, we don't get there without Schreiber.”

ROSTER MOVES

The Rangers placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on the 15-day IL (right groin strain) and recalled RHP Yerry Rodriguez from Triple-A Round Rock.

UP NEXT

Texas RHP Dane Dunning (3-2, 4.13 ERA) goes against Royals RHP Michael Wacha (1-3, 4.24) on Saturday.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rangers TEX17-16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Royals KC20-13	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	X	7	11	0

Ewing M. Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

W: J. Schreiber (3-0)L: C. Winn (0-1)S: (0)
HR: KC - H. Renfroe (15), S. Perez (27)

TEXRangers

KCRoyals

.B. SingerBrady Singer
P
6.0 IP, ER, 8 SO, 105 P
.M. LorenzenMichael Lorenzen
P
6.0 IP, ER, 3 BB, 3 SO, 86 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	3	.255	.311	.438	.749	2.0
C. Seager SS	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.229	.311	.297	.607	2.5
N. Lowe 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.388	.405	.793	-0.5
A. Garcia RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.291	.346	.556	.902	0.5
E. Carter LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.225	.316	.451	.767	2.5
J. Smith 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.304	.407	.478	.886	-1.0
T. Jankowski DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.222	.276	.370	.646	0.5
A. Knizner C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.233	.367	1.0
L. Taveras CF	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.224	.290	.327	.616	0.5

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	4
C. Seager SS	4
N. Lowe 1B	4
A. Garcia RF	4
E. Carter LF	3
J. Smith 3B	4
T. Jankowski DH	4
A. Knizner C	4
L. Taveras CF	2

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	.234	.286	.383	.669	3.5
B. Witt SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	.318	.364	.538	.902	5.0
V. Pasquantino DH	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	.224	.331	.402	.733	3.5
S. Perez 1B	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	.351	.413	.605	1.018	8.0
M. Massey 2B	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.268	.450	.718	4.0
F. Fermin C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.216	.273	.294	.567	-0.5
M. Melendez LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.248	.354	.602	1.0
D. Blanco PR-LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.304	.612	3.0
H. Renfroe RF	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	.155	.228	.298	.526	7.0
K. Isbel CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	.231	.263	.385	.648	3.5

HITTERS	AB
M. Garcia 3B	4
B. Witt SS	4
V. Pasquantino DH	3
S. Perez 1B	4
M. Massey 2B	3
F. Fermin C	4
M. Melendez LF	3
D. Blanco PR-LF	1
H. Renfroe RF	3
K. Isbel CF	4

2B - M. Semien (8), E. Carter (6)
RBI - C. Seager (9)
2-Out RBI - C. Seager
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Semien 2 (2), E. Carter, T. Jankowski

2B - M. Massey (2)
HR - S. Perez (8), H. Renfroe (3)
RBI - B. Witt (19), V. Pasquantino (15), S. Perez 3 (30), H. Renfroe (11), K. Isbel (9)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - B. Witt, F. Fermin

SB - B. Witt (10), D. Blanco (6)

DP - 2 (Seager-Semien-Lowe; Seager-Semien-Lowe)

DP - (Witt-Perez)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Lorenzen	6.0	4	1	1	3	3	1	3.52	1.22	14.5
C. Winn (L, 0-1)	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.91	0.68	-12.0
J. Urena	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	1	4.35	1.31	-3.0
Y. Rodriguez	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9.00	2.29	2.5

PITCHERS	IP
M. Lorenzen	6.0
C. Winn (L, 0-1)	0.1
J. Urena	0.2
Y. Rodriguez	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Singer	6.0	4	1	1	0	8	2.45	0.97	20.0
J. Schreiber (W, 3-0)	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	0.59	0.98	6.5
A. Zerpa	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	2.03	1.13	2.5
C. Selby	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3.0

PITCHERS	IP
B. Singer	6.0
J. Schreiber (W, 3-0)	1.0
A. Zerpa	1.0
C. Selby	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - M. Lorenzen 86-57, C. Winn 24-17, J. Urena 14-8, Y. Rodriguez 18-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Lorenzen 13-3, C. Winn 2-0, J. Urena 1-1, Y. Rodriguez 2-1
Batters Faced - M. Lorenzen 24, C. Winn 5, J. Urena 4, Y. Rodriguez 4

Pitches-Strikes - B. Singer 105-67, J. Schreiber 23-11, A. Zerpa 15-10, C. Selby 9-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - B. Singer 7-3, J. Schreiber 2-0, A. Zerpa 3-0, C. Selby 2-0
Batters Faced - B. Singer 22, J. Schreiber 6, A. Zerpa 4, C. Selby 3

.B. SingerBrady Singer
P
6.0 IP, ER, 8 SO, 105 P
.M. LorenzenMichael Lorenzen
P
6.0 IP, ER, 3 BB, 3 SO, 86 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rangers TEX17-16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Royals KC20-13	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	X	7	11	0

Ewing M. Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	3	.255	.311	.438	.749	2.0
C. Seager SS	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.229	.311	.297	.607	2.5
N. Lowe 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.388	.405	.793	-0.5
A. Garcia RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.291	.346	.556	.902	0.5
E. Carter LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.225	.316	.451	.767	2.5
J. Smith 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.304	.407	.478	.886	-1.0
T. Jankowski DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.222	.276	.370	.646	0.5
A. Knizner C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.233	.367	1.0
L. Taveras CF	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.224	.290	.327	.616	0.5
Total	33	1	7	1	2	10	13	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	4
C. Seager SS	4
N. Lowe 1B	4
A. Garcia RF	4
E. Carter LF	3
J. Smith 3B	4
T. Jankowski DH	4
A. Knizner C	4
L. Taveras CF	2
Total	33

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	.234	.286	.383	.669	3.5
B. Witt SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	.318	.364	.538	.902	5.0
V. Pasquantino DH	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	.224	.331	.402	.733	3.5
S. Perez 1B	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	.351	.413	.605	1.018	8.0
M. Massey 2B	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.268	.450	.718	4.0
F. Fermin C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.216	.273	.294	.567	-0.5
M. Melendez LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.248	.354	.602	1.0
D. Blanco PR-LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.304	.612	3.0
H. Renfroe RF	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	.155	.228	.298	.526	7.0
K. Isbel CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	.231	.263	.385	.648	3.5
Total	33	7	11	7	2	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Garcia 3B	4
B. Witt SS	4
V. Pasquantino DH	3
S. Perez 1B	4
M. Massey 2B	3
F. Fermin C	4
M. Melendez LF	3
D. Blanco PR-LF	1
H. Renfroe RF	3
K. Isbel CF	4
Total	33

2B - M. Semien (8), E. Carter (6)
RBI - C. Seager (9)
2-Out RBI - C. Seager
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Semien 2 (2), E. Carter, T. Jankowski

2B - M. Massey (2)
HR - S. Perez (8), H. Renfroe (3)
RBI - B. Witt (19), V. Pasquantino (15), S. Perez 3 (30), H. Renfroe (11), K. Isbel (9)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - B. Witt, F. Fermin

SB - B. Witt (10), D. Blanco (6)

DP - 2 (Seager-Semien-Lowe; Seager-Semien-Lowe)

DP - (Witt-Perez)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Lorenzen	6.0	4	1	1	3	3	1	3.52	1.22	14.5
C. Winn (L, 0-1)	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.91	0.68	-12.0
J. Urena	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	1	4.35	1.31	-3.0
Y. Rodriguez	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9.00	2.29	2.5
Total	8.0	11	7	7	4	4	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
M. Lorenzen	6.0
C. Winn (L, 0-1)	0.1
J. Urena	0.2
Y. Rodriguez	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Singer	6.0	4	1	1	0	8	2.45	0.97	20.0
J. Schreiber (W, 3-0)	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	0.59	0.98	6.5
A. Zerpa	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	2.03	1.13	2.5
C. Selby	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3.0
Total	9.0	7	1	1	2	10	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
B. Singer	6.0
J. Schreiber (W, 3-0)	1.0
A. Zerpa	1.0
C. Selby	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - M. Lorenzen 86-57, C. Winn 24-17, J. Urena 14-8, Y. Rodriguez 18-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Lorenzen 13-3, C. Winn 2-0, J. Urena 1-1, Y. Rodriguez 2-1
Batters Faced - M. Lorenzen 24, C. Winn 5, J. Urena 4, Y. Rodriguez 4

Pitches-Strikes - B. Singer 105-67, J. Schreiber 23-11, A. Zerpa 15-10, C. Selby 9-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - B. Singer 7-3, J. Schreiber 2-0, A. Zerpa 3-0, C. Selby 2-0
Batters Faced - B. Singer 22, J. Schreiber 6, A. Zerpa 4, C. Selby 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

3RD INNING
Seager singled to left, Semien scored 1 0
5TH INNING
Renfroe homered to left 1 1

3RD INNING
	Seager singled to left, Semien scored	1	0

5TH INNING
	Renfroe homered to left	1	1


Isbel singled to shallow center, Blanco scored	1	2
Witt singled to right center, Isbel scored, Garcia to third	1	8
Pasquantino singled to right, Garcia scored, Witt to third	1	4
Perez homered to left, Pasquantino and Witt scored	1	7

1ST INNING
Rangers
B. Singer Pitching:
M. Semien: Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Semien struck out swinging
C. Seager: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Seager struck out looking
N. Lowe: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Lowe grounded out to third
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
M. Lorenzen Pitching:
M. Garcia: Intentional ball, Garcia grounded out to second
B. Witt: Strike looking, Witt grounded out to pitcher
V. Pasquantino: Ball, Foul, Pasquantino grounded out to second
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Rangers
B. Singer Pitching:
A. Garcia: Ball, Strike looking, Garcia reached on an infield single to pitcher
E. Carter: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Carter flied out to deep center
J. Smith: Strike looking, Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Smith struck out looking
T. Jankowski: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Jankowski struck out swinging
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
M. Lorenzen Pitching:
S. Perez: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Perez flied out to center
M. Massey: Strike looking, Massey grounded out to second
F. Fermin: Fermin grounded out to third
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Rangers
B. Singer Pitching:
A. Knizner: Knizner grounded out to third
L. Taveras: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Taveras flied out to left
M. Semien: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Semien doubled to left center
C. Seager: Foul, Ball, Seager singled to left, Semien scored
N. Lowe: Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Lowe struck out swinging
Middle of the 3rd (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
M. Lorenzen Pitching:
M. Melendez: Melendez grounded out to second
H. Renfroe: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Renfroe walked
K. Isbel: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Isbel reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Renfroe out at second
M. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Foul, Garcia singled to left center, Isbel to second
B. Witt: Foul, Ball, Witt popped out to third
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Rangers
B. Singer Pitching:
A. Garcia: Foul, Ball, Garcia fouled out to third
E. Carter: Ball, Strike looking, Carter doubled to left center
J. Smith: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Smith struck out swinging
T. Jankowski: Strike looking, Ball, Jankowski grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
M. Lorenzen Pitching:
V. Pasquantino: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Pasquantino struck out looking
S. Perez: Perez grounded out to pitcher
M. Massey: Ball, Massey singled to shallow right
F. Fermin: Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Ball, Fermin grounded out to third
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Rangers
B. Singer Pitching:
A. Knizner: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Knizner grounded out to shortstop
L. Taveras: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Taveras struck out swinging
M. Semien: Ball, Strike looking, Semien grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
M. Lorenzen Pitching:
M. Melendez: Ball, Melendez grounded out to second
H. Renfroe: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Renfroe homered to left
K. Isbel: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Isbel struck out swinging
M. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Garcia walked
B. Witt: Strike looking, Witt flied out to center
End of the 5th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Rangers
B. Singer Pitching:
C. Seager: Seager grounded out to second
N. Lowe: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Lowe flied out to deep left
A. Garcia: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Garcia struck out swinging
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
M. Lorenzen Pitching:
V. Pasquantino: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Pasquantino walked
S. Perez: Perez grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Pasquantino out at second
M. Massey: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Massey doubled to deep right center
F. Fermin: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Fermin struck out looking
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Rangers
John Schreiber relieved Brady Singer
E. Carter: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Carter walked
J. Smith: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Smith grounded into double play shortstop to first, Carter out at second
T. Jankowski: Ball, Jankowski singled to shallow right
A. Knizner: Strike looking, Ball, Knizner singled to right, Jankowski to second
L. Taveras: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Taveras walked, Jankowski to third, Knizner to second
M. Semien: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Semien struck out swinging
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
Cole Winn relieved Michael Lorenzen
M. Melendez: Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Melendez singled to center
Dairon Blanco ran for MJ Melendez
H. Renfroe: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Renfroe popped out to first
K. Isbel: Strike swinging, Ball, Blanco stole second, Isbel singled to shallow center, Blanco scored
M. Garcia: Garcia singled to center, Isbel to second
B. Witt: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Foul, Witt singled to right center, Isbel scored, Garcia to third
Jose Urena relieved Cole Winn
V. Pasquantino: Foul, Ball, Witt stole second, Pasquantino singled to right, Garcia scored, Witt to third
S. Perez: Ball, Perez homered to left, Pasquantino and Witt scored
M. Massey: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Massey walked
F. Fermin: Foul, Fermin grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Massey out at second
End of the 7th (6 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Rangers
Dairon Blanco in left field
Angel Zerpa relieved John Schreiber
C. Seager: Ball, Ball, Seager singled to right
N. Lowe: Ball, Strike looking, Lowe grounded out to pitcher, Seager to second
A. Garcia: Strike looking, Ball, Garcia grounded out to shortstop, Seager to third
E. Carter: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Carter struck out looking
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
Yerry Rodriguez relieved Jose Urena
D. Blanco: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Blanco grounded out to second
H. Renfroe: Ball, Foul, Renfroe flied out to deep left
K. Isbel: Ball, Isbel singled to shallow left
M. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul tip, Garcia struck out on foul tip
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Rangers
Colin Selby relieved Angel Zerpa
J. Smith: Smith popped out to shortstop
T. Jankowski: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Jankowski grounded out to first
A. Knizner: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Knizner grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)