(kcroyals) The Kansas City Royals shut out the Chicago White Sox 6-0 Sunday. Salvador Perez hit a 3 run home run in the 1st inning and the Royals never looked back. The Royals added a run in the 3rd inning on an error and scored 2 more runs in the 6th inning. Brady Singer was the winning pitcher going 7 innings giving up 4 hits and struck out 6 with no walks.
The Royals begin a 4 game series in Baltimore Monday afternoon. Kris Bubic will be the starting pitcher with the first pitch at 12:10 pm.
Salvador Perez moved into a tie with Amos Otis for third place in franchise history with 193 career home runs, and he has now set a new record for home runs hit at Kauffman Stadium with 22. That breaks a tie with Jorge Soler (2019), Dean Palmer (1998), and Chili Davis (’97).
With 26 games to go this season, Perez is seven homers away from tying Jorge Soler’s single-season home run record of 48.
The Royals have also placed catcher Cam Gallagher on the 10-day injury list. Called up catcher Sebastian Rivero.
