{"id":2513568,"date":"2026-07-23T04:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2513568"},"modified":"2026-07-23T04:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:28:44","slug":"salvador-perez-ties-george-bretts-royals-record-with-317th-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/salvador-perez-ties-george-bretts-royals-record-with-317th-hr\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvador Perez ties George Brett&#8217;s Royals record with 317th HR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Jul 22, 2026, 04:44 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8212; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/31127\/salvador-perez\">Salvador Perez<\/a> tied the <a target=\"_blank\" data-clubhouse-guid=\"11a5df00-0945-35a5-66fe-a3a107975558\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/kc\/kansas-city-royals\">Royals<\/a>&#8216; franchise home run record and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36409\/lane-thomas\">Lane Thomas<\/a> hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh to lift Kansas City to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/game\/_\/gameId\/401816226\/giants-royals\">5-4 victory<\/a> over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sf\/san-francisco-giants\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Perez hit his 14th home run of the season and 317th of his career to tie the George Brett&#8217;s Royals franchise record in the bottom of the seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p>Royals manager Matt Quatraro was emotional talking about Perez after the Royals&#8217; victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love that guy. What he does, the way he goes about it, the passion he plays the game [with], it&#8217;s unrivaled,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The guy&#8217;s a Hall of Famer, and you&#8217;re getting to witness it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-with-table float-r\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-text-contract=\"-\" data-text-expand=\"+\" data-fix-cols=\"0\" data-behavior=\"responsive_table\" class=\"inline-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>HRs<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Salvador Perez<\/td>\n<td>317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>George Brett<\/td>\n<td>317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Mike Sweeney<\/td>\n<td>197<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Amos Otis<\/td>\n<td>193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Alex Gordon<\/td>\n<td>190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">&#8212; ESPN Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kansas City right-hander <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34873\/seth-lugo\">Seth Lugo<\/a> (4-6) held the Giants scoreless until the sixth inning, when he gave up a leadoff walk and hit the next batter. Runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt from <a target=\"_blank\" data-player-guid=\"01676da9-a9a4-3888-8178-5c0e54759c12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5270445\/drew-cavanaugh\">Drew Cavanaugh<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39572\/luis-arraez\">Luis Arraez<\/a> knocked across the game&#8217;s first run with a sacrifice fly to center.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants (42-60) struck again in the seventh with an RBI triple from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5134621\/jung-hoo-lee\">Jung Hoo Lee<\/a> and an RBI double from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33675\/willy-adames\">Willy Adames<\/a> to extend the lead. Lugo exited after the inning, giving up three hits and two walks. He also had five strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4109109\/vinnie-pasquantino\">Vinnie Pasquantino<\/a> extended his hitting streak to 17 games with a double in the seventh. He was called safe after sliding past the bag. The call was confirmed, and Giants manager Tony Vitello was ejected after arguing the call.<\/p>\n<p>On the next at-bat, Perez hit his milestone homer. That signaled the end of right-hander <a target=\"_blank\" data-player-guid=\"0363a24f-163c-3413-aab7-1ba32c96322c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4345404\/landen-roupp\">Landen Roupp<\/a>&#8216;s day. He allowed four hits and two runs and struck out seven.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49426277\/royals-bobby-witt-jr-placed-il-first-career\" class=\"img-link\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Royals (43-60) pieced together the tying run with three straight singles, the third coming from pinch hitter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4314013\/nick-loftin\">Nick Loftin<\/a>. Kansas City loaded the bases with two outs, and two scored on Thomas&#8217; single to right center.<\/p>\n<p>Royals closer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5002931\/steven-cruz\">Steven Cruz<\/a> gave up a two-out home run but popped out the final batter to earn his first career save.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco lefty <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41225\/sam-hentges\">Sam Hentges<\/a> (1-3) took the loss.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.espn.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 22, 2026, 04:44 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8212; Salvador Perez tied the Royals&#8216; franchise home run record and Lane Thomas hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh to lift Kansas City to a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. 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