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KANSAS CITY — Salvador Perez moved closer to Royals history with a two-run homer, Lane Thomas also clubbed a two-run shot and spot-starter Randy Dobnak allowed one run while pitching into the fifth inning Saturday as Kansas City beat the San Diego Padres 6-1.<\/p>\n
Thomas set the tone with his homer in the first and Perez added some insurance with a sixth-inning shot. Perez also moved within two of tying George Brett\u2019s franchise record of 317 home runs.<\/p>\n
The veteran Dobnak, meanwhile, made his third appearance of 2026 and first start since 2021. The right-hander grinded through 4\u2153 innings, yielding four hits and four walks, but a third-inning homer to Fernando Tatis Jr. produced the only run allowed.<\/p>\n
Steven Cruz, Daniel Lynch IV (3-2), Beck Way and Eli Morgan then combined to allow two hits for the Royals, who won the first two of this three-game set, and have won four straight at home.<\/p>\n
Ty France doubled twice and Jake Cronenworth also had two hits for the Padres, who went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position. San Diego has lost 18-of-23 road games.<\/p>\n
After San Diego stranded a pair of runners in the first, Kansas City\u2019s Carter Jensen (two hits) singled and scored on the homer by Thomas (two hits) into the left-field seats off Griffin Canning (1-8).<\/p>\n
The Padres got on the board in the third when Tatis cleared the left-field wall. However, the Royals got that run back in the bottom of the frame, as Jac Caglianone\u2019s double to left scored Jensen from first base.<\/p>\n
Kansas City made it 4-1 in the fourth when Isaac Collins ended Canning\u2019s day with a two-out RBI single to center field. Canning allowed four runs in 3 2\/3 innings on five hits and two walks.<\/p>\n
San Diego chased Dobnak when it loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, but Cruz then got Manny Machado to ground into a 6-4-3 double play. The Padres put runners on first and third with one out in the sixth, but Lynch got Miguel Andujar to do the same.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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