Kansas City 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:40 PM ET, Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
91°
Umpires:
Home -
Laz Diaz, 1B -
Erich Bacchus, 2B -
Brian O'Nora, 3B -
Mike Estabrook
Attendance:
18398
By Field Level Media
Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs to propel the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
Perez's second homer broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning, helping the Royals complete the three-game sweep and extend the club's winning streak to four.
Kris Bubic allowed three runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings for Kansas City, striking out six and walking two. Rookie Jac Caglianone demolished a two-run homer to center field in the win.
Lucas Erceg (4-2) threw a perfect eighth for Kansas City, while closer Carlos Estevez worked around a one-out single in the ninth to seal the win and earn his 25th save of the season.
Bailey Falter allowed three runs and six hits in his 4 2/3-inning stint, while striking out three and walking two for Pittsburgh. Ke'Bryan Hayes drove in a pair of runs and Tommy Pham went 3-for-4 for the Pirates, who dropped their sixth straight game. Isaac Mattson (2-1) surrendered two hits -- including Perez's eighth-inning homer -- and a walk.
Kansas City struck first in the bottom of the second, as Perez turned around Falter's first-pitch sinker with his 12th home run of the season -- a 444-foot solo shot with no outs.
After Maikel Garcia doubled to begin the fourth, Falter retired Perez before surrendering Caglianone's 466-foot, two-run shot, which extended the Royals' lead to 3-0.
With two outs in the fifth inning, Falter was replaced by Braxton Ashcraft, who threw 2 1/3 scoreless frames.
Pham singled to begin the sixth for Pittsburgh, before Andrew McCutchen walked and Bryan Reynolds singled to load the bases. Bubic retired Nick Gonzales before Oneil Cruz's run-scoring groundout plated the Pirates' first run. Hayes then laced a two-run single to knot the score, forcing Bubic to be relieved by John Schreiber.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh |
|
Kansas City |
|
Bailey Falter
|
Player |
Kris Bubic
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.2 |
IP |
5.2 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
6 |
Hits |
6 |
|
5.79 |
ERA |
4.76 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
8 |
0 |
10 |
.235 |
17 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
11 |
3 |
25 |
.324 |
15 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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