The Royals have been the masters of the big inning this year, and they kept that going with a six-run seventh inning, capped off by a huge home run by Salvador Perez to defeat the Rangers 7-1 on Friday evening.
The Rangers struck first off starter Brady Singer with an RBI single by Corey Seager in the third. Texas starter Michael Lorenzen retired the first seven hitters he faced and kept the Royals scoreless until the fifth, when Hunter Renfroe smacked a solo home run, his third of the season to tie it at 1-1.
Singer was able to grit his way through six innings and 105 pitches, striking out eight without a walk.