Perez homers, Seager answers in M's 4-3 win over Royals

SEATTLE (AP) — Salvador Perez homered for the fifth consecutive game, but Kyle Seager connected for a two-run drive to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sunday.

Seager hit his career-high 31st homer in the seventh inning, lifting the Mariners to a 4-2 lead and helping them avoid a four-game series sweep at home.

“Getting his career high with 31 homers, it's something special,” teammate Marco Gonzales said. “I hope he plays for 10 more years.”

Perez nearly recorded another homer, lasering an RBI single off the top of the wall in right-center in the eighth. Nicky Lopez scored from first to cut Seattle's lead to 4-3, but Drew Steckenrider worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save.

Asked if he thought it was a home run off the bat, Perez smiled and said: “100 percent."

Perez’s solo shot off Gonzales (6-5) in the sixth was his fifth in five games. He started the series with grand slams in consecutive games, provided the deciding margin with a two-run homer Saturday, and then tied the game at 1 on Sunday.

The catcher matched Mike Sweeney’s team record of five consecutive games with a homer, set in 2002. The major league record for consecutive games with a homer is eight.

Perez also moved into a tie for fourth with Alex Gordon on the franchise list with 190 career homers, a former teammate who Perez said taught him a lot about being a professional.

“So I appreciate everything he did for us when he was here,” he said. “It's amazing, though.”

He has 38 homers this year, tied with Mike Moustakas (2017) for second on Kansas City’s single-season list. Jorge Soler holds the record with 48 in 2019.

His 12 homers in August tied Chili Davis and John Mayberry for Kansas City’s most homers in a month.

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