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    You are at:Home»Sports»Professional Sports»Salvador Perez leads Royals past Astros 4-3

    Salvador Perez leads Royals past Astros 4-3

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    By Mitch Fortner on April 10, 2024 Professional Sports, Sports

    KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — Salvador Perez hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night for their fifth consecutive victory.

    Garrett Hampson began the Kansas City 10th on second as the automatic runner, replacing Vinnie Pasquantino. Hampson raced home when Perez led off the inning with a single to center against Wander Suero (0-1).

    “We’re gonna play hard,” Perez said. “We’re gonna do our best, especially right now. We’ve got new comfort.”

    James McArthur (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

    Perez and Nelson Velázquez each had two hits for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia each drove in a run.

    Nick Anderson, Chris Stratton, John Schreiber and McArthur combined for five scoreless innings of four-hit ball in relief of Royals starter Cole Ragans.

    “These guys are incredible,” Ragans said of the bullpen. “They pitched incredible. They kept us right there. That’s really, really big.”

    Witt’s biggest contribution may have been a diving stop on a two-out single by Jeremy Peña in the top of the 10th. Had the ball gotten past the young shortstop, the Astros likely would have taken the lead.

    “I thought it did have a chance of going through,” Peña said. “I’ll shout out to Bobby Witt. (He) made a nice play.”

    Yordan Alvarez had four hits and two RBI for Houston, which had won two in a row. Peña had two hits and scored a run.

    The Astros loaded the bases with three straight singles to start the first inning, but Ragans limited the damage to a run-scoring fielder’s choice for Yainer Diaz.

    “I don’t think (Ragans) had his best stuff,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “That’s a good lineup, and they made him work. (But) if we turn that double play in the first or he’s able to get Alvarez out one of those times with two strikes, he’s coming out of there with one or maybe no runs. Credit to him really.”

    Alvarez singled in Peña with two out in the second, and then doubled home Mauricio Dubón in the fourth.

    Ragans surrendered 10 hits in five innings for Kansas City. He struck out five and walked one.

    Houston went 5 for 18 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base.

    “We had some opportunities to get some guys in (with) less than two outs,” Houston manager Joe Espada said. “We just couldn’t capitalize.”

    Houston right-hander Cristian Javier was charged with three runs, two earned, and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked three.

    Maikel Garcia’s sacrifice fly in the fifth stopped Javier’s scoreless streak at 15 innings to start the season. Witt drove in Hunter Renfroe with a two-out triple, and then scored on an error on third baseman Alex Bregman.

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