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GIF of a happy Royals catcher Salvador Perez

One of the biggest plays in the Royals’ 3-2 win on Wednesday was when catcher Salvador Perez picked off the Rockies’ Charlie Culberson, who strayed too far from third base.

It ended a scoreless the sixth inning for Colorado, which had first and third with one out. An important out? Possibly since the Royals won by a run.

Perez was clearly happy with the result as he ran to the dugout:

The video comes from MLB.com.

This story was originally published May 14, 2014 at 11:46 PM with the headline "GIF of a happy Royals catcher Salvador Perez."

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