(kcroyals) The Kansas City Royals outscored the Oakland A’s 5-1 Friday night.
Daniel Lynch struck out a career-high 10 batters, and Salvador Perez hammered his 10th homer of the year.
Lynch made it thru 5 innings giving up 1 run on 4 hits, 10 strikeouts and 2 walks.
Royals pitchers would strike out a season-high 16 batters.
Perez was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.
Perez has now recorded 10 seasons with 10-plus home runs, becoming the fourth Royals player to notch at least 10 seasons with 10-plus homers. The list also includes George Brett (15 such seasons), Amos Otis (11), and Alex Gordon (10). Perez has also homered in six of his last nine games (seven total homers) against Oakland dating back to June 10, 2018.
The Royals and A’s play Saturday afternoon with Brad Keller making the start for the Royals. The first pitch is set for 3:07. Coverage begins at 2:30p on KVOE 1400AM/96.9FM.
