PHILADELPHIA — Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs, helping the Kansas City Royals overcome Kyle Schwarber’s National League-high 52nd homer and delay the Philadelphia Phillies from clinching the N.L. East with a 10-3 win Sunday.
Philadelphia, which entered with a six-game winning steak, leads the N.L. East by 12 games ahead of the second-place New York Mets.
Perez hit his third homer in two games, a three-run drive off Aaron Nola (4-9) in a four-run sixth that built a 6-2 lead. He added a two-run single in the seventh as the Royals ended a six-game losing streak.
Bobby Witt Jr. led off the sixth with a triple off the high wall in right and scored on a double by Vinny Pasquantino, who had three hits.
Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto homered in the first off Noah Cameron (8-7), who allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings. Jac Caglianone tied the score with a two-run homer in the fifth and Witt homered in the ninth against Max Lazar.
Royals closer Carlos Estévez got two outs in the ninth before leaving with mild back tightness.
Bryson Stott also homered for the Phillies.
Nola allowed six runs and six hits in six innings.
Kansas City has been swept in series just four times this season, second-fewest in the American League
The Royals host Seattle and RHP Logan Gilbert (4-6, 3.54) in a series starting Tuesday.
Phillies LHP Rangers Suárez (12-6, 2.77) starts tonight’s series opener at the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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