On Thursday night in Baltimore, Salvador Perez — on his 28th birthday — hit a grand slam in the top of the first inning to give Kansas City a 4–0 lead before recording an out.
In doing so, Salvy became the 13th different Royal (16th time) to homer on his birthday, and the first since Kendrys Morales on June 20, 2015.
Perez is the second Royal to hit a grand slam on his birthday, joining Mike Sweeney on July 22, 2004. He’s the first American League player to do it since Hideki Matsui — 10 years ago — on June 12, 2008.