Salvador Perez Shares Simple Approach for Kansas City Royals' Offense

Salvador Perez Shares Simple Approach for Kansas City Royals' Offense

Salvador Perez has been around long enough to know that baseball is a game of patience, and the veteran catcher believes the Kansas City Royals are starting to prove it.

After a brutal stretch that saw Kansas City drop eight straight games and fall to the bottom of the American League standings, the Royals have won three of their last four while scoring at least six runs in each of those wins.

It is a small sample, but the lineup has started to look more like the group everyone expected heading into the season.

Perez Leads By Example on Saturday

Perez backed up his words with a big night on Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels, going 3-for-5 with a solo home run, an RBI double and an RBI single in a 12-1 blowout at Kauffman Stadium.

It was the complete performance the Royals have been waiting on from their veteran leader.

"Baseball is like that, you know," Perez said. "I always say, come here every day and prepare yourself. They work hard and they compete. They play hard every night. Control what you can control."

That message carries extra weight coming from someone who has spent his entire 15-year career in Kansas City and has been through plenty of rough stretches before.

Perez entered Saturday hitting just .180 with three home runs and six RBI, and there were real questions about whether the 35-year-old's bat would come around. Saturday felt like a step in the right direction.

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