Catcher Salvador Perez hammered a game-tying homer in the bottom of the 9th inning, with Michael A. Taylor’s single winning the contest an inning later, as Kansas City defeated the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night by a score of 3-2.
Perez’s home run, his 24th of the season, came off AL saves leader Liam Hendriks. Scott Barlow earned the victory, improving to 3-3, struck out two and walking one in escaping a jam in the top of the 10th inning. Ryan Burr gave up the game-winning hit to Taylor, and suffered the loss, dropping to 2-1.
Solid in a road start, Chicago’s Lucas Giolito got a no-decision, after firing six inning of one run, four hit baseball, with seven strikeouts. Kris Bubic was equally effective for Kansas City, with six-plus inning of two run, five hit baseball.
Here is the MLB Scoreboard for Wednesday, July 28, 2021:
Cleveland 7, St. Louis 2
Oakland 10, San Diego 4
Baltimore 8, Miami 7
Arizona 3, Texas 2
LA Angels 8, Colorado 7
Detroit 17, Minnesota 14
Toronto 4, Boston 1
Houston 11, Seattle 4
NY Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 1 (10)
Boston 4, Toronto 1
Washington at Philadelphia (PP – COVID-19 with WAS)
Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 3
NY Mets 2, Atlanta 1
Cincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 2
LA Dodgers 8, San Francisco 0
