Overview

• Perez homered twice off Taijuan Walker, a first-inning cutter for No. 299 and RBIs 998–999, then a third-inning splitter for No. 300 and RBI No. 1,000.
• Kansas City fell 8–6 at Citizens Bank Park, dropping below .500 as Philadelphia won a sixth straight and moved within one win of clinching the NL East.
• The two shots gave Perez 27 home runs this season, keeping open a late-season path to 30 and a long-shot push toward 100 RBIs.
• He became the eighth primary catcher to reach 300 home runs, joining Mike Piazza, Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Yogi Berra, Gary Carter, Iván Rodríguez and Lance Parrish.
• Within club and active leaderboards, Perez is the second Royal with 300 homers and the third with 1,000 RBIs, and he is the 13th active player at 300 homers and the 10th at 1,000 RBIs.