Overview

• Kris Bubic delivered five shutout innings in his first All-Star start, scattering three hits and improving to 8-6 on the season.
• Salvador Perez extended his hot stretch with his 15th homer of the year and added a double to fuel Kansas City’s late surge.
• Jac Caglianone’s two-run double and Jonathan India’s two-RBI knock helped build a 6-0 lead against Janson Junk, who allowed six runs over five innings.
• All-Star closer Carlos Estévez earned his 26th save despite a two-thirds inning of unearned damage from Andrew Hoffmann in the ninth.
• The victory snapped Miami’s four-game winning streak, lifted the Royals to 48-52 and kept them five games behind the final AL wild-card spot.