Kansas City Royals’ Maikel Garcia (11) celebrates with Salvador Perez (13) after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians, Saturday, July 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez hit by pitch on left elbow, leaves game with bruise
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez was hit by a pitch and taken out of Monday night’s against the Atlanta Braves with a bruised left elbow.
Kansas City Royals’ Maikel Garcia (11) celebrates with Salvador Perez (13) after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians, Saturday, July 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez was hit by a pitch and taken out of Monday night’s against the Atlanta Braves with a bruised left elbow.
Perez was in the third inning by a 94 mph fastball from Spencer Strider. He remained in the game until the fifth, when he was replaced by Freddy Fermin. The team announced that he had a left elbow contusion.
A nine-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove recipient who was the 2015 World Series MVP, Perez was batting .293 with 15 homers and 62 RBIs.
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