The Venezuelan Salvador Perez He drove in four and had two hits, Bobby Witt Jr. scored four and the Kansas City Royals achieved an 11-7 victory over the New York Mets.
It was the second game this week in which Witt recorded four runs, the first coming in a 13-3 victory over the Houston Astros. He came within one fifth in the sixth inning when Brandon Nimmo robbed him of a three-run homer with a catch off the right-center field fence.
Pérez, MVP of the 2015 World Series where Kansas City beat the Mets in five games, also hit a home run and Nick Loftin accumulated three RBIs, the most of his career.
The Royals are 10-5 and it is just the seventh time in franchise history that the team has won at least 10 of its first 15 games.
Hunter Renfroe hit a two-run double, while Puerto Rican Nelson Velázquez and Venezuelan Freddy Fermín each had an RBI hit.
For the Royals, the Venezuelans Pérez are 5-2 with one run scored and four RBIs and Freddy Fermín is 4-1 with one run scored and one RBI. Puerto Rican Nelson Velázquez is 2-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI. Cuban Dairon Blanco 3-0 with one scored.
For the Mets, Dominican Starling Marte was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI. Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor 4-0 with one scored.
THE NY YANKEES HIT TWICE
The New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians in a doubleheader led by their new Dominican figure Juan Soto and Venezuelan Oswaldo Cabrera.
In the first inning at Progressive Field, the Yankees won 3-2 with a home run by Cabrera.
The Venezuelan player’s third home run of the season also boosted the career of Mexican-American Alex Verdugo.
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Cabrera, 25, reached ten runs batted in at this start of the 2024 season in which the Yankees are outstanding leaders of the AL East Division with a balance of 12-3.
In the second chapter, the Yankees repeated their 8-2 victory with Juan Soto signing the key play.
The Dominican hit a 124-meter home run that also drove in runs by Verdugo and Anthony Volpe.
Photo: Reuters
THE TWINS TAKE A DOUBLE POSTER
In a doubleheader series, the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers twice on the road. In the first of them, by a score of 11-5, the Twins scored seven runs in extra innings for the first time since 2013. The second victory was 4-1 with a last home run by Puerto Rican Willi Castro. The bad news for the Twins is that Puerto Rican Carlos Correa was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained right oblique muscle, the team reported.
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2024-04-16 03:06:39