For Pete's Sake

Here’s the Statcast breakdown of the Royals homers in the All-Star Game

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez watched his two-run home run clear the fence in the second inning of the All-Star Game on Tuesday in San Diego.
Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez watched his two-run home run clear the fence in the second inning of the All-Star Game on Tuesday in San Diego. The Associated Press

Royals fans certainly enjoyed that All-Star Game.

The American League won 4-2 and all four runs were scored on RBIs from Royals players: two from first baseman Eric Hosmer and two from catcher Salvador Perez.

Both players had a home run against former teammate Johnny Cueto. Statcast crunched the numbers on both.

Here is Hosmer’s blast, which Yahoo’s Jeff Passan noted was hit so hard it left an imprint of the ball on his bat:

This is the two-run shot from Perez that provided the two-run difference in the game:

This story was originally published July 13, 2016 at 8:51 AM.

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