{"id":165439,"date":"2025-07-10T09:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/165439\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:31:29","slug":"perez-and-caglianone-power-royals-to-4-3-win-over-pirates-for-3-game-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/165439\/","title":{"rendered":"Perez and Caglianone power Royals to 4-3 win over Pirates for 3-game sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Salvador Perez homered twice, Jac Caglianone hit the longest measured homer by a Royals rookie, and Kansas City beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Perez broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with his longball off Isaac Mattson (2-1). He opened the scoring with a 444-foot shot to center in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But the most impressive homer of the game belonged to Caglianone \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/1943109192639762689\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a 466-foot, two-run drive;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a 466-foot, two-run drive<\/a> to center in the fourth against Bailey Falter. It was the longest homer by a Royals rookie since Statcast started tracking in 2015 and the fourth-longest by any Kansas City player at Kauffman Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals have won six of seven overall. They did not have a multi-homer game this season before doing it Monday night against Pittsburgh, and now they&#8217;ve done it three games in a row. Kansas City hit nine homers in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh fell to 0-6 on its nine-game trip ahead of the All-Star break after getting shut out in three straight games at Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>Perez had his second multi-homer game of the season and 19th of his career, extending his franchise record.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Erceg (4-2) worked a scoreless eighth and Carlos Estevez pitched the ninth for his 25th save.<\/p>\n<p>Ke&#8217;Bryan Hayes had a two-run single in the Pirates&#8217; three-run sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Key moment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/1943129622788354333\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Perez sent the first pitch of the eighth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Perez sent the first pitch of the eighth<\/a> to the walkway just short of the fountains in right-center.<\/p>\n<p>Key stat<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City swept a series at home for the first time since a four-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox in early May.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Pirates: Begin a three-game series at Minnesota on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Royals: Host the New York Mets for three games starting Friday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. 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