Royals Secure 4-3 Victory Over Pirates, Perez Stars

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00:00Elsewhere, as we go to Kansas City, the Royals taking on the Pirates yesterday.

00:05A 4-3 win for KC as Salvador Perez, the veteran, remains hot DRS.

00:12A solo shot in the home half of the eighth.

00:15That turned out to be the game winner for KC at Kauffman.

00:19The Royals have now won four straight games.

00:22Yeah, Royals looking back up here, getting closer to .500,

00:25which again, you want to make that surge before you take a look at the All-Star break

00:28and then the trade deadline to show your organization that you have a legitimate chance to get the wild card

00:32and they'll make changes in favor of your clubhouse, not take away players from your clubhouse

00:37if they don't think they can make a run.

00:38But also yesterday, I thought the Kansas City Royals had the pitching advantage.

00:41I actually like the run line here basically for the Kansas City Royals.

00:44Started out great, 3-0, but a three spot there in the top of the sixth inning.

00:48Basically doomed that one run in the bottom of the eighth, a 4-3 final.

00:51The Royals get the win, they'll take that.

00:52But the Pirates again, I don't know, we popping bottles at this score, three runs and another loss.

00:57Congratulations.

00:5814 years in the bigs, all in Kansas City for Salve.

01:02Of course, he is a legend.

01:04Two homers yesterday, just turned 35 in May.

01:07How about from the veteran to the rookie, Jackie Cags, Jack Caglione, a two-run shot,

01:12second consecutive game with a home run, but batting just 158 in his start in Major League Baseball.

01:20DRS, some updated win totals around MLB.

01:23The Marlins, 69 and a half.

01:25The Reds, 80 and a half.

01:27The Pirates, 66 and a half.

01:30Again, I need my Reds, who I had over 79 and a half, so we like that up to 80 and a hook to get to 80.

01:37They are 47 and 46, now a game above 500.

01:41The Pirates swept in KC, second consecutive sweep.

01:45The Pittsburgh Pirates has suffered in their last two.

01:47They were swept over the weekend in Seattle by the Mariners.

01:50They're 38 and 56.

01:52The Marlins won eight straight games.

01:54That win streak came to a close last week, their first in nearly two decades, winning eight straight.

02:00We just talked about the 11-game road-winning streak for Miami.

02:03They came to a close yesterday in Cincinnati.

02:06Miami playing better baseball, 42 and 49 with a win total still sub-70.

02:11Not the craziest bet to make if you want to back the fish.

02:16No, I probably would look at all three of those teams and say, you know what?

02:18I would take all three to the over, and I think I would go two and one.

02:21Because the Marlins, I mean, technically they're in sell mode, but who are they selling?

02:24Alcantara at this point?

02:25Yeah.

02:25I don't think they're going to sell any of their young players, because that's the core that you want to keep around.

02:29You're cheap.

02:29You can handle them.

02:30They'll get their arbitration years.

02:31And then you take a look at the Pittsburgh Pirates, who are running that, like, right down the middle.

02:35Because they want to act like they're a big league ball club, but they're not.

02:38So how would it look?

02:39They're not going to trade Paul Skeens.

02:40I don't think that's going to happen.

02:41They're probably like, you know, we'll run them in the ground five years, then trade them.

02:43And we got the best years of them.

02:45We didn't win anything.

02:46But, like, that lineup, I just, I think they're going to keep their players around.

02:49And the Reds, they have a young, talented team.

02:51I don't think they're making trades at the deadline.

02:53So those teams will still be the best, let's just say, their best foot forward in the month of September,

02:57as opposed to be absolutely in tank mode.

02:59I probably think you would get two of the three overs there in what's remaining on their schedules.

03:04I don't think it's a bad idea, DRS.

03:06Your Phillies yesterday booked as a road favorite in San Francisco, trying to avoid a sweep in some day baseball action against the Giants.

03:15They did that.

03:15And then some 13-zip, the win for the Phillies yesterday.

03:20Kyle Schwarber, a three-run shot.

03:22Frankly, DRS, this game was out of hand because of a great outing from Jesus Lozardo.

03:27So that's a huge thing to see, who got off to a great start this year in Philadelphia and then was atrocious the last month.

03:33Plus, you had seven runs scored by the Phillies in the eighth.

03:37They avoid the sweep.

03:39They win 13-zip.

03:40And DRS, for a team that has struggled offensively this week, a good sign for the Titans.

03:45Now, the best sign in that game, yes, Schwarber hit his 29th home run, which is having another very good year.

03:49But Bryce Harper, four hits, all four extra bases, including one home run, which is pretty incredible.

03:54If he's back, the Phillies are back.

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